Trial reportComplementary therapies in medicine2013
"More than I expected": perceived benefits of yoga practice among older adults at risk for cardiovascular disease.
Trial report in Complementary therapies in medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- Yoga for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials.Journal of diabetes research · 2016Pooled it
- Yoga for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Iyengar yoga and health education interventions for prolonged grief disorder in later life: feasibility of a randomized controlled pilot trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The effect of YOCAS©® yoga on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in older (60+) vs. younger (≤ 59) cancer survivors: Secondary analysis of a nationwide, multicenter, phase 3 randomized controlled trial.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2024Trial
- Feasibility of yoga as a complementary therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes: The Healthy Active and in Control (HA1C) study.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2019Trial
- Effect of traditional yoga, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy, on health related quality of life: a randomized controlled trial on patients on sick leave because of burnout.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Trial
- A yoga intervention for type 2 diabetes risk reduction: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Trial
- Enhancing Cognitive Health in Elderly Individuals: The Impact of Hatha Yoga on Attention, Memory, and Reasoning: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of aging research · 2025Article
- Examining the rural-urban differentials in yoga and mindfulness practices among middle-aged and older adults in India: secondary analysis of a national representative survey.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- 'Joining a group was inspiring': a qualitative study of service users' experiences of yoga on social prescription.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
- Yoga participation associated with changes in dietary patterns and stress: A pilot study in stressed adults with poor diet.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2021Article
- 15 Smartphone Apps for Older Adults to Use While in Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2020Review
- A dual continuum model of the reasons for use of complementary health approaches among overweight and obese adults: findings from the 2012 NHIS.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- Yoga as a Complementary Therapy for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Design and Rationale of the Healthy, Active, and in Control (HA1C) Study.International journal of yoga therapy · 2018Article
- A randomized preference trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy and yoga for the treatment of worry in anxious older adults.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2018Article
- Yoga - a laborious way to well-being: patients' experiences of yoga as a treatment for hypertension in primary care.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2017Article
- Medical Yoga Therapy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Review
- A glimpse of Ayurveda - The forgotten history and principles of Indian traditional medicine.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2017Review
- The Effects of Bikram Yoga on Health: Critical Review and Clinical Trial Recommendations.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2015Review
- Effects of Yoga Asana Practice Approach on Types of Benefits Experienced.International journal of yogaArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study was conducted with participants from trials examining the effects of an Iyengar yoga program on cardiovascular disease risk. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the perceived benefits of yoga in a population of older, predominantly overweight adults participating in a gentle 8-week yoga program.
designThis study used a constructivist-interpretive approach to naturalistic inquiry.
settingA total of 42 participants completed the intervention and met the inclusion criteria for the current qualitative study.
interventionThe 8-week Iyengar yoga program included two 90-min yoga classes and five 30-min home sessions per week. Participants completed weekly logs and an exit questionnaire at the end of the study.
main outcome measuresQualitative data from weekly logs and exit questionnaires were compiled and conventional content analysis performed with the use of ATLAS.ti to facilitate the process.
resultsFour broad themes emerged from content analysis: practicing yoga improved overall physical function and capacity (for 83% of participants); practicing yoga reduced stress/anxiety and enhanced calmness (83% of participants); practicing yoga enriched the quality of sleep (21% of participants); and practicing yoga supported efforts toward dietary improvements (14% of participants).
conclusionsThese results suggest that yoga may have ancillary benefits in terms of improved physical function, enhanced mental/emotional state, enriched sleep quality, and improved lifestyle choices, and may be useful as a health promotion strategy in the prevention and management of chronic disease.
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