Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2020
Effects of a 12-week yoga versus a 12-week educational film intervention on symptoms of restless legs syndrome and related outcomes: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03570515 (Yoga vs. Education for Restless Legs Syndrome - a Feasibility Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Yoga vs. Education for Restless Legs Syndrome - a Feasibility Study
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of chronic yoga interventions on sleep quality in people with sleep disorders: a scoping review.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Trial of a 12-Week Yoga Versus Educational Film Program for the Management of Restless Legs Syndrome: Feasibility and Acceptability.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2022Trial
- Restless legs syndrome: abbreviated guidelines by the German sleep society and the German neurological society.Neurological research and practice · 2024Article
- Unfolding the role of exercise in the management of sleep disorders.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Review
- Frequency of Restless Legs Syndrome in Pakistani Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Cureus · 2024Article
- Complementary and Integrative Health Use in Binge Eating Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Methods Study of Binge Eating Disorder Experts' Perspectives.International journal of nursing and health care research · 2024Article
- Sleep related movement disorders in the elderly: a review of recent literature.Frontiers in sleep · 2024Review
- Sleep disorders and exercise: a mini-review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- Advancements in Restless Leg Syndrome Management: A Review of Physiotherapeutic Modalities and Their Efficacy.Cureus · 2023Review
- Circadian rhythm in restless legs syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
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- Restless Legs Syndrome: Contemporary Diagnosis and Treatment.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2021Review
- Yoga versus educational film intervention in restless legs syndrome: extension of trial may be beneficial to patients.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
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objectivesTo assess the effects of a yoga versus educational film (EF) program on restless legs syndrome (RLS) symptoms and related outcomes in adults with RLS.
methodsForty-one community-dwelling, ambulatory nonpregnant adults with moderate to severe RLS were randomized to a 12-week yoga (n = 19) or EF program (n = 22). In addition to attending classes, all participants completed practice/treatment logs. Yoga group participants were asked to practice at home 30 minutes per day on nonclass days; EF participants were instructed to record any RLS treatments used on their daily logs. Core outcomes assessed pretreatment and posttreatment were RLS symptoms and symptom severity (International RLS Study Group Scale (IRLS) and RLS ordinal scale), sleep quality, mood, perceived stress, and quality of life (QOL).
resultsThirty adults (13 yoga, 17 EF), aged 24 to 73 (mean = 50.4 ± 2.4 years), completed the 12-week study (78% female, 80.5% white). Post-intervention, both groups showed significant improvement in RLS symptoms and severity, perceived stress, mood, and QOL-mental health (P ≤ .04). Relative to the EF group, yoga participants demonstrated significantly greater reductions in RLS symptoms and symptom severity (P ≤ .01), and greater improvements in perceived stress and mood (P ≤ .04), as well as sleep quality (P = .09); RLS symptoms decreased to minimal/mild in 77% of yoga group participants, with none scoring in the severe range by week 12, versus 24% and 12%, respectively, in EF participants. In the yoga group, IRLS and RLS severity scores declined with increasing minutes of homework practice (r = .7, P = .009 and r = .6, P = .03, respectively), suggesting a possible dose-response relationship.
conclusionsFindings of this exploratory RCT suggest that yoga may be effective in reducing RLS symptoms and symptom severity, decreasing perceived stress, and improving mood and sleep in adults with RLS. CLINICAL
trial registrationRegistry: Clinicaltrials.gov; Title: Yoga vs. Education for Restless Legs: a Feasibility Study; Identifier: NCT03570515; URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03570515.
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