Cyclic yoga improves anthropometric indices, musculoskeletal disorders, and blood pressure in middle-aged women.
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | weight | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #1 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | hip circumference | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #2 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | body mass index | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #3 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | percentage of body fat | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #4 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | waist-to-height ratio | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #5 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | round shoulder | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #6 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | thoracic kyphosis angle | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #7 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | lumbar lordosis angle | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #8 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | systolic blood pressure | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #9 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | diastolic blood pressure | middle-aged women | - | decreased | #10 |
cyclic yoga practice | increase | percentage muscle mass | middle-aged women | - | significant increase | #11 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | round shoulder | middle-aged women | - | lead to the improvement of | #12 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | hyperkyphosis | middle-aged women | - | lead to the improvement of | #13 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | hyperlordosis | middle-aged women | - | lead to the improvement of | #14 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | some anthropometric indices | middle-aged women | - | lead to the improvement of | #15 |
cyclic yoga practice | decrease | blood pressure | middle-aged women | - | lead to the improvement of | #16 |
BACKGROUND: The new and therapeutic style of cyclic yoga, which is the art of aligning asana, pranayama, and yoga mudra techniques, can be used as a non-invasive style to improve or prevent some musculoskeletal disorders. For this purpose, this study was designed to investigate a selected course of cyclic yoga practice on some anthropometric indicators, musculoskeletal disorders, and blood pressure in middle-aged women. METHODS: ː Forty-two middle-aged women were assigned either to cyclic yoga (n = 21, 53.76 ± 4.073 years) or the control group (n = 21, 53.57 ± 4.781 years). The cyclic yoga group received yoga intervention for 10 weeks, three sessions per week, and 50-90 min per session. MANCOVA test was used for inter-group comparison, and variance with repeated measures was used for intra-group measurement. RESULTS: A 10-week of yoga training decreased weight, hip circumference, body mass index, percentage of body fat, waist-to-height ratio, round shoulder, thoracic kyphosis angle, lumbar lordosis angle, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. In addition, a significant increase in the percentage muscle mass variable was reported in the cyclic yoga group. There was also a difference between the two cyclic yoga and control groups in the post-test in the waist-to-height ratio, round shoulder, thoracic kyphosis angle, lumbar lordosis angle, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure variables. CONCLUSIONS: ː The results suggest that cyclic yoga exercises, as an effective therapeutic alternative, low-cost, and accessible lead to the improvement of the round shoulder, hyperkyphosis, hyperlordosis, some anthropometric indices, and blood pressure.