Lavender aromatherapy in recovery from exercise

20 men were randomly assigned to a control or an experimental group. After baseline screening, all subjects performed moderate physical exercise fur 2 min., then rested for 10 min., during which the experimental group was exp osed to lavender aromatherapy. Recovery measures included diastolic and sys tolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, pulse pressure, and heart rar e. As the mean difference in diastolic blood pressure fell lust short of st atistical significance, further study with larger groups is required.