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Research: NANDINI and COLLEAGUES,
Listed in Issue 291
Abstract
NANDINI and COLLEAGUES, 1 Division of Yoga and Life Sciences, The School of Yoga and Naturopathic Medicine, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.;; 2 Senior Medical Officer (Yoga), Center for Integrative Medicine and Research (CIMR), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India; Department of Research and Development, Division of Yoga and Life Sciences, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. : dr.mooventhan@gmail.com .3 Division of Yoga and Life Sciences, & Head, Department of Research and Development, S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India conducted a study to evaluate the add-on effect of hot sand fomentation (HSF) to yoga on pain, disability, quality of sleep (QOS) and quality of life (QOL) of the patients with non-specific neck pain
Background
Neck pain is one of the commonest complaints and an important public health problem across the globe. Yoga has reported to be useful for neck pain and hot sand has reported to be useful for chronic rheumatism. The present study was conducted to evaluate the add-on effect of hot sand fomentation (HSF) to yoga on pain, disability, quality of sleep (QOS) and quality of life (QOL) of the patients with non-specific neck pain.
Methodology
A total of 60 subjects with non-specific or common neck pain were recruited and randomly divided into either study group or control group. Both the groups have received yoga and sesame seed oil (Sesamum Indicum L.) application. In addition to yoga and sesame seed oil, study group received HSF for 15 min per day for 5-days. Assessments were taken prior to and after the intervention.
Results
Results of the study showed a significant reduction in the scores of visual analogue scale for pain, neck disability index (NDI), The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and a significant increase in physical function, physical health, emotional problem, pain, and general health both in study and control groups. However, reductions in pain and NDI along with improvement in social functions were better in the study group as compared with control group.
Conclusion
Results of this study suggest that addition of HSF to yoga provides a better reduction in pain and disability along with improvement in the social functioning of the patients with non-specific neck pain than yoga alone. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
References
B Nandini 1 , A Mooventhan 2 , N K Manjunath 3 Add-on Effect Of Hot Sand Fomentation To Yoga On Pain, Disability, And Quality Of Life In Chronic Neck Pain Patients. Explore (NY).;14(5):373-378. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Jun 28. Sept 2018.
Comment
The above research suggests that the addition of Hot Sand Fomentation (HSF) to Yoga resulted in a significant reduction in pain and neck disability and a significant increase in physical health, emotional problems, pain and general health compared with Yoga alone.
