Table 1 Summary of included studies.
From: The relationship between mindfulness and objective measures of body awareness: A meta-analysis
Author (date) | Mindfulness design | Body awareness task | Task type | Number of subjects | Subject demographics | Mindfulness type/control | Significant result found? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cebolla 2016b*42 | Trait | proprioceptive drift | distal | 30 | 38.07 yrs 50% F | FFMQ | No |
Kiken 201825 | Trait | blood glucose accuracy | proximal | 25 | 55.05 yrs 67% F | SCS-M MAAS | Yes No |
Parkin 2014b26 | Trait | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 105 | 41.28 yrs 72% F | FFMQ | No |
Aaron 201734 | RCT | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 38 | 19.70 yrs 66% F | 10 min BS | No |
38 | Story Listening | ||||||
Bornemann 201727 | RCT | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 147 | 40.69 yrs 60% F | 9-month MM | Yes |
79 | retest | ||||||
Fischer 2017a35 | RCT | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 25 24 | 22.50 yrs 80% F | 8-week BS Story Listening | No |
Fischer 2017b35 | RCT | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 18 18 | 22.50 yrs 100% F | 8-week BS inactive | Yes |
Mirams 201331 | RCT | tactile detection | proximal | 31 | 19.21 yrs 90% F | 1-week BS | Yes |
31 | Story Listening | ||||||
Parkin 2014a26 | RCT | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 20 | 44.51 yrs 73% F | 1-week BS | No |
20 | inactive | ||||||
Wooten 201828 | RCT | joint kinesthesia | distal | 6 | 73.15 yrs 75% F | 6-week BS | No |
joint position sense | proximal | 10 | movement therapy | ||||
Cebolla 2016a*42 | LTM | proprioceptive drift | distal | 15 15 | 38.07 yrs 50% F | MM (9 yrs) MNP | No |
Daubenmeier 201336 | LTM | respiratory load (RL) detection | distal | 18 16 | 38.84 yrs 44% F | Vipassana (9 yrs) MNP | Yes |
RL discrimination | distal | ||||||
respiratory tracking | proximal | ||||||
Fox 201237 | LTM | tactile sensitivity | distal | 9 | 39.5 yrs 50% | Vipassana/BS | Yes |
9 | MNP | ||||||
Melloni 201338 | LTM | heartbeat detection | proximal | 10 | 40.55 yrs 55% F | Vipassana (4.35 yrs) | No |
10 | MNP | ||||||
Nielsen 200639 | LTM | heartbeat detection | proximal | 10 | 53.64 yrs 88% F | Vipassana/Zen (16.44) yrs | No |
16 | MNP | ||||||
Otten 201529 | LTM | heartbeat tracking | proximal | 22 | 39.60 yrs 55% F | MM (10.4 yrs) | No |
22 | MNP | ||||||
Sze 201030 | LTM | heartbeat arousal | distal | 21 | 29.35 yrs 64% F | Vipassana (7.1 yrs) | Yes |
skin conductance arousal | distal | 21 | MNP | ||||
Xu 201840 | LTM | proprioceptive drift | distal | 15 15 | 36.67 yrs 40% F | MM MNP | No |
