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Research Updates: yoga
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| Issue 173 |
TELLES and COLLEAGUES, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation [a Yoga University], Bangalore, India. shirleytelles@gmail.com studied the effect of yoga upon hand and body indices in computer users.
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| Issue 172 |
BERGER and COLLEAGUES, Flushing Hospital, Queens, New York, USA examined yoga's effects on inner-city children's well-being.
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| Issue 171 |
BEMPATI and COLLEAGUES, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. rpvempati@gmail.com conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to study the efficacy of yoga in the management of bronchia asthma.
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| Issue 169 |
GREENDALE and COLLEAGUES, Division of Geriatrics, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2339, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. ggreenda@mednet.ucla.edu conducted a randomized controlled single-masked trial to asses whether yoga can reduce hyperkyphosis.
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KULKAMI and BERA, Scientific Research Department, Kaivalyadhama Yoga Research Institute, Lanavla 410 403, Pune review the literature regarding the mechanism of how yogic exercises restore health and fitness via psycho-neuro-immunology pathways.
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| Issue 166 |
HART and TRACY, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA explored the effect of a popular type of yoga (Bikram) on strength, steadiness, and balance.
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| Issue 163 |
MADANMOHAN and COLLEAGUES, Department of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry 605 006. drmadanmohan123@rediffmail.com conducted a study to test whether yoga training modulates the sweating response and other respiratory parameters.
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SHARMA and COLLEAGUES, Integral Health Clinic, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110 029 explored the short-term impact of a lifestyle intervention based on yoga upon well being levels in healthy individuals and those suffering from a number of illnesses.
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| Issue 148 |
SAREEN and co-authors, Grantham and District Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Grantham NG318DG, 6, Norton Street, Grantham, NG31 6BY, United Kingdom, surinder_sareen@yahoo.com, have used yoga for improving the quality of life in chronic inflammation of the pancreas.
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| Issue 136 |
HO and co-workers, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, cmho@vghtpe.gov.tw, have found that acupressure does not work for treating the nausea induced by
anaesthetics during Caesarean delivery.
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| Issue 129 |
OKEN and colleagues, Department of Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of yoga in the elderly.
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| Issue 127 |
OKEN and others, Department of Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of yoga in elderly people.
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| Issue 126 |
DONOHUE and colleagues, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA, have measured the effects of yoga exercises and motivational interventions on one-mile runners.
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| Issue 120 |
MANJUNATH and TELLES, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, have explored the effect of yoga and Ayurveda on sleep in the elderly.
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| Issue 113 |
GALANTINO and co-workers, Program in Physical Therapy, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA, have carried out a pilot study on the effect of Hatha yoga on chronic low back pain.
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WOOLERY and colleagues, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, awoolery@ucla.edu, have used yoga for young adults with depression.
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| Issue 108 |
GHONCHEH and SMITH, Roosevelt University Stress Institute, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, have studied progressive muscle relaxation, yoga stretching, and ABC relaxation theory.
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| Issue 107 |
VISWESWARAIAH and TELLES, Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, have conducted a randomized trial of yoga as a complementary treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
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WAELDE and colleagues, Pacifica Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA, have carried out a pilot study of yoga and meditation for stress reduction in dementia caregivers
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| Issue 105 |
SHANNAHOFF-KHALSA, The Research Group for Mind-Body Dynamics, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0402, USA, dsk@ucsd.edu, has reviewed (38 references) Kundalini yoga meditation techniques that are specific for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Abstract: The system of Kundalini yoga includes a large number of meditation techniques, many of which have been found to be specific for treating psychiatric disorders. The paper focuses on a technique specific for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which has been validated in two published clinical trials. This protocol also includes techniques that are useful for a wide range of anxiety disorders, as well as a technique for learning to manage fear, one for soothing an angry mind, one for mental challenges, and one for turning negative thoughts into positive ones.
In addition, a number of other disorder-specific meditation techniques (for phobias, addictive disorders, major depression, dyslexia, grief, and insomnia) are included in order to help bring these powerful therapeutic tools to the attention of the mental health community.
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| Issue 104 |
TANEJA and colleagues, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, India, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of Yogic versus conventional treatment of diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.
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| Issue 102 |
GALANTINO and co-workers, Program in Physical Therapy, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA, have conducted a pilot study on Hatha yoga in chronic back pain.
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SAPER and others, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, have surveyed the prevalence and patterns of yoga practice in the United States.
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WOOLERY and colleagues, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, awoolery@ucla.edu, have evaluated a yoga programme for young adults with depression.
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| Issue 91 |
RAUB, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA, raub.james@epa.gov, has reviewed (75 references) the psychophysiological effects of Hatha Yoga on fitness parameters.
Abstract: Yoga is increasingly popular as a means of exercise and fitness training. However it needs to be recognized more by health care professionals for a complement to conventional medical care rather than just a trendy leisure activity. Over the last 10 years, research studies have shown that the practice of Hatha Yoga improves strength and flexibility and may help control such parameters as blood pressure, respiration and heart rate, and metabolic rates. A summary of medically substantiated information about the health benefits of Yoga for healthy people and also for people with musculoskeletal or cardiac problems is provided.
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| Issue 71 |
MANCHANDA and colleagues, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, evaluated the possible role of lifestyle modification incorporating yoga on retardation of coronary artery disease (CAD).
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| Issue 69 |
RAMARATNAM, Apollo Hospital, Madras, 600006, India, rsridharan@vsnl.com, examines methodological issues that might be encountered in designing and conducting a randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy of yoga in the treatment of epilepsy. The author highlights issues relating to patient selection, randomization, blinding, type of intervention, outcome measures and analysis.
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YARDI, Yardi Epilepsy Clinic, Kothrud, Pune, India, nyardi@hotmail.com, reviewed literature on yoga in relation to epilepsy and related conditions and relevant physiological parameters and quality-of-life (QoL) issues.
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| Issue 58 |
BERA, GORE and OAK, Scientific Research Department, Kaivalyadhama SMYM Samiti, Lonavla described recovery from stress in two different postures and in a yogic relaxation posture.
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