"OBJECTIVE---Thirty one adult male runners were studied...for six months in three groups practicing either meditation or self-induced training or serving as controls (no technique tried.)

"RESULTS--'Measures of physically induced stress were] significantly decreased in the meditation group compared with the control group. No difference was observed 'between the self-trained] and the control group." Emphasis added.

Reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 14, 2000.

By Solberg, Ingjer, Holen, Holme, et. al., Dept. of Med., Ulleval Hosp., Oslo, Norway, Norwegian U. opf Sport & Physical Ed., Oslo, Dept. of Community Med., NTNU, Trondheim, Norwegian Inst. of Sports Med., Oslo.

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