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Research Updates: yoga
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Issue 235
ABEL and COLLEAGUES, (1)Department of Health and Human Performance, Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA. AllisonAbel@txstate.edu reviewed the research about the effect of yo1
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Issue 233
WARD and COLLEAGUES, (1)Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand conducted a review to investigate the effectiveness of yoga on primary outcomes of functional ability, pain and psych1
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Issue 232
BALASUBRAMANIAM and COLLEAGUES, (1)Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC, USA systematically examined the evidence for efficacy of yoga in the treatment of selected major psychiatric di1
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Issue 220
WOLFF and COLLEAGUES, (1)Center for Primary Health Care Research, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö 205 02, Sweden.
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Issue 218
GOTHE and COLLEAGUES, Dept of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA compared the effects of an acute yoga exercise session, relative to aerobic exercise, on cognitive performance.
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Issue 211
OSWAL and COLLEAGUES, Division of Yoga and Life-Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation (SVYASA) , Bengaluru, India studied the effect of the add-on yogic prana energization technique (YPET) on healing of fresh fractures.1
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Issue 211
FIELD, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. tfield@med.miami.edu reviews research regarding the effects of yoga upon psychological conditions including anxiety and depression, on pain syndromes, car1
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Issue 207
TAIBI and COLLEAGUES, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7262, USA tested the feasibility and acceptability of a gentle yoga intervention for sleep disturbance in older 1
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Issue 207
TELLES and COLLEAGUES, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Maharishi Dayanand Gram, Bahadrabad, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 249402, India. shirleytelles@gmail.com compared the effects of high-frequency yoga breathing – k1
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Issue 198
VISCEGLIA and LEWIS, evisceglia@gmail.com studied therapeutic yoga as a complementary treatment for schizophrenia.
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Issue 198
MODY, San Jose State University, Department of Kinesiology, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, USA. bhavesh.mody@gmail.com studied the cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses of Surya Namaskar 1
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Issue 196
PARSHAD and COLLEAGUES, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies compared changes in some cardiovascular parameters before and after the practice 1
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Issue 193
HALL and COLLEAGUES, Rehabilitation Research Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Level E, Southampton, UK assessed the effect of eight weekly yoga sessions upon the quality of life of a woman with Parkinson's disease (PD).1
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Issue 193
CARTER and COLLEAGUES, US Army Health Clinic, Dugway, UT, USA. catherine.carter@us.army.mil review the extent and effects of chronic low back pain as a work-related disability upon employees' abili1
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Issue 192
RAKHSHAEE, Department of Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran. zrakhshaee@iaurasht.ac.ir assessed whether three yoga poses (Cobra, Cat, and Fish Poses) are able to reduce 1
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Issue 191
SIBBRITT and COLLEAGUES, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Australia. David.Sibbritt@newcastle.edu.au sought to determine the characteristics of yoga and meditat1
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Issue 182
CHEN and COLLEAGUES, School of Nursing, Fooyin University, Taliao Township, Kaohsiung 831 Taiwan. ns148@mail.fy.edu.tw tested the effects of 6 months of silver yoga exercises in promoting the mental he1
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Issue 181
SIMARD and COLLEAGUES, McGill University, Canada, andreeanne.simard.jmance@ssss.gouv.qc.ca conducted a pilot study to demonstrate the impact of a brief structured yoga intervention 1
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Issue 178
LS WHITE, Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA advocate the basis and objectives for yoga programs for children.
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Issue 177
COHEN and COLLEAGUES, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA studied cerebral blood flow prior to and following 12-weeks of Iyengar yoga practice.