Yount, G., Church, D., Rachlin, K., Blickheuser, K., Cardonna, I. · Global Advances in Health and Medicine · 2019
An empirical study that measured microRNA (a class of noncoding RNA) in stored blood samples from veterans randomized to EFT versus a control condition over a 10-week intervention, as part of research into the biological signals associated with energy-psychology techniques. Specific effect sizes were not extracted in this pass.
Noncoding RNA is part of the machinery that switches genes on and off, far below conscious awareness. This study measured microRNA in blood samples from veterans randomized to EFT versus a control condition, an early attempt to find a molecular signal of what tapping might do. Specific results were not extracted here.
Larger randomized samples with genome-wide expression panels, to see whether the noncoding-RNA changes tied to stress and inflammation replicate and track with symptom improvement.
| Design | Randomized trial |
|---|---|
| Population | not specified in retrieved citation |
| Outcome measures | gene expression / noncoding RNA markers |
| Journal | Global Advances in Health and Medicine |
| Year | 2019 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Method | EFT / tapping |
| Publication type | Study / trial |
| Verification | ✓ Confirmed against the primary source |
Yount, G., Church, D., Rachlin, K., Blickheuser, K., & Cardonna, I. (2019). Do Noncoding RNAs Mediate the Efficacy of Energy Psychology?. Global Advances in Health and Medicine.
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