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Evidence suggests Yoga mayincreaseImmune function.
26 studies (34 claims)
Strong consensus
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eye yoga (EY) | Increases - improves VF function | VF function | Human | POAG patients | — | Eye yoga for glaucoma: recovery of vascular dysregulation and visual field function-a randomized controlled trial. |
| yoga training | Increases - significant change within-yoga group | autonomic function | Human | elderly subjects with PP≥60 mmHg | 1 hour of brisk walking with stretching exercises, 6 days per week. | Effect of yoga on arterial stiffness in elderly subjects with increased pulse pressure: A randomized controlled study.cited 39× |
| yoga training | Increases - significant change within-yoga group | vascular function | Human | elderly subjects with PP≥60 mmHg | 1 hour of brisk walking with stretching exercises, 6 days per week. | Effect of yoga on arterial stiffness in elderly subjects with increased pulse pressure: A randomized controlled study.cited 39× |
| yoga | Increases - improve | endothelial function | Human | elderly individuals with increased PP | 1 hour of brisk walking with stretching exercises, 6 days per week. | Effect of yoga on arterial stiffness in elderly subjects with increased pulse pressure: A randomized controlled study.cited 39× |
| Yoga training (YT) | Increases - can improve | cognitive function | Human | healthy individuals | — | Protocol to evaluate the impact of yoga supplementation on cognitive function in schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial.cited 13× |
| Yoga training (YT) | Increases - beneficial effects | cognitive function | Human | SZ patients | — | Protocol to evaluate the impact of yoga supplementation on cognitive function in schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial.cited 13× |
| onsite yoga | No effect | physical function | Human | 345 PLW CLBP and OUD from OTPs in the Bronx, NY | Not specified | Yoga and Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Onsite in an Opioid Treatment Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| Yoga and physical therapy (PT) | Increases - may improve | physical function | Human | people living with (PLW) chronic low back pain (CLBP) | Not specified | Yoga and Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Onsite in an Opioid Treatment Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| regular yoga practice | Increases - significantly improves | autonomic function | Human | individuals, including those with diabetes | — | Comparative study of autonomic function in diabetics and yoga practitioners using Ewing's battery. |
| yoga | Increases - demonstrated better | autonomic function | Human | yoga practitioners | — | Comparative study of autonomic function in diabetics and yoga practitioners using Ewing's battery. |
| yoga | Increases - has been shown to improve | autonomic function and glycemic control | Human | diabetic patients | — | Comparative study of autonomic function in diabetics and yoga practitioners using Ewing's battery. |
| Yoga meditation | Increases - improved | autonomic nervous system function | Human | female college students | Not specified | From contemplation to serenity: how yoga meditation improves the mental health of female college students? |
| yoga release therapy (YRT) | Increases - improvements | physical function | Human | A 40-year-old female with chronic right-sided thoracolumbar and posterior ribcage, abdominal wall, and anterior hip pain | Not specified | The Synchronous Application of Yoga and Myofascial Release Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Case Report. |
| yoga release therapy (YRT) | Increases - improvements | social function | Human | A 40-year-old female with chronic right-sided thoracolumbar and posterior ribcage, abdominal wall, and anterior hip pain | Not specified | The Synchronous Application of Yoga and Myofascial Release Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Case Report. |
| traditional yoga (TY) | Increases - improvements | cognitive function | Human | patients on sick leave because of burnout | Group treatment for 3 hours per week plus 4 hours of homework weekly. | Effect of traditional yoga, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy, on health related quality of life: a randomized controlled trial on patients on sick leave because of burnout.cited 32× |
| Yoga Therapy | Increases - improving | memory, attention, and executive function | HumanAnimalMolecular | older adults | Not specified (varies by study) | 2013 SYR Accepted Poster Abstracts. |
| yoga along with protein supplementation | No effect - no significant difference | muscle function | Human | healthy 6- to 11-year-old rural Indian children | — | Effect of Yoga or Physical Exercise on Muscle Function in Rural Indian Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| yoga breathing exercises | Increases - significant difference | post-test pulmonary function test measurements | Human | patients scheduled for bariatric surgery | Not specified | The Effect of Yoga on Early Clinical Outcomes and Pulmonary Functions in Patients Scheduled for Bariatric Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Study.cited 1× |
| yoga practice | Increases - positively affected | pulmonary function values | Human | patients scheduled for bariatric surgery | Not specified | The Effect of Yoga on Early Clinical Outcomes and Pulmonary Functions in Patients Scheduled for Bariatric Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Study.cited 1× |
| exercise therapy comprising yoga exercises and medial-thrust gait (YogaMT) | Increases - showed significant improvement | function | Human | patients with medial knee osteoarthritis | 12 supervised sessions (frequency not specified). | Effects of an Exercise Therapy Targeting Knee Kinetics on Pain, Function, and Gait Kinetics in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 8× |
| patient education, including interdisciplinary themes, with physical training or mindfulness/medical yoga | Increases - significant improvements | Qualeffo-41 social function | Human | patients with established spinal osteoporosis | Once a week for ten weeks. | Patient Education Improves Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Established Spinal Osteoporosis in Primary Care-A Pilot Study of Short- and Long-Term Effects.cited 3× |
| patient education, including interdisciplinary themes, with physical training or mindfulness/medical yoga | Increases - significant improvements | RAND-36 social function | Human | patients with established spinal osteoporosis | Once a week for ten weeks. | Patient Education Improves Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Established Spinal Osteoporosis in Primary Care-A Pilot Study of Short- and Long-Term Effects.cited 3× |
| yoga | No effect - has been suggested to influence | autonomic nervous system function | Human | — | — | Efficacy of a 4-week yoga module on the sympatho-vagal balance among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital: a randomised controlled trial. |
| yoga | No effect - determine the effect | cardiovascular function | Human | post-phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation patients | Two group-based sessions and one self-administered home session per week | Randomised controlled trial of a 12 week yoga intervention on negative affective states, cardiovascular and cognitive function in post-cardiac rehabilitation patients.cited 11× |
| yoga | Increases - improve | cardiovascular function | Human | — | Two group-based sessions and one self-administered home session per week | Randomised controlled trial of a 12 week yoga intervention on negative affective states, cardiovascular and cognitive function in post-cardiac rehabilitation patients.cited 11× |
| yoga | No effect - determine the effect | cognitive function | Human | post-phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation patients | Two group-based sessions and one self-administered home session per week | Randomised controlled trial of a 12 week yoga intervention on negative affective states, cardiovascular and cognitive function in post-cardiac rehabilitation patients.cited 11× |
| yoga | Increases - improve | cognitive function | Human | — | Two group-based sessions and one self-administered home session per week | Randomised controlled trial of a 12 week yoga intervention on negative affective states, cardiovascular and cognitive function in post-cardiac rehabilitation patients.cited 11× |
| yoga | Increases - assess the efficacy to improve | cognitive function | Human | cancer survivors | Not specified | Effects of yoga, aerobic, and stretching and toning exercises on cognition in adult cancer survivors: protocol of the STAY Fit pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| yoga | Increases - improvement | lung function | Human | individuals with bronchial hyperreactivity | — | Is yoga training beneficial for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction?cited 9× |
| yoga | Increases - may be effective in improving | lung function | Human | children and adolescents with asthma | Not specified | An Integrative Review of Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Children and Adolescents with Asthma.cited 5× |
| yoga | No effect - devoted to | sensory function | Human | MS patients | Not specified | Complementary and alternative therapies in multiple sclerosis: a systematic literature classification and analysis.cited 7× |
| an unsupervised 12-week online yoga program | Increases - improved | physical function | Human | adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis | 1 video per week, with each session to be performed 3 times per week. | Effectiveness of an Unsupervised Online Yoga Program on Pain and Function in People With Knee Osteoarthritis : A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 27× |
| mindfulness yoga | Increases - is as effective as conventional care in improving | physical function | Human | patients with early-stage breast cancer who had received adjuvant chemotherapy | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| yoga exercises | Increases - increased | fatigue physical function | Human | patients with multiple sclerosis | 25-30 minutes of walking per session, three sessions per week. | Influence of yoga and aerobics exercise on fatigue, pain and psychosocial status in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized trial.cited 31× |
| yoga exercises | Increases - increased | social function | Human | patients with multiple sclerosis | 25-30 minutes of walking per session, three sessions per week. | Influence of yoga and aerobics exercise on fatigue, pain and psychosocial status in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized trial.cited 31× |
| yoga program (synchronous or asynchronous) | Increases - increase | SF-36 physical function sub-dimension scores | Human | white-collar workers | — | A Comparative Study on Tele-Yoga in White-Collar Workers: Synchronous vs Asynchronous. |
| a 12 weeks yoga program three times a week for one hour | Increases - significant improvements | overall sexual function | Human | hypertensive women | — | The effect of yoga on hypertensive women's blood pressure and sexual life: A randomized controlled trial. |
| Laughter Yoga | No effect - no change | lung function | Human | patients with end stage kidney disease in a dialysis setting | 30-minute sessions, three times per week. | Intradialytic Laughter Yoga therapy for haemodialysis patients: a pre-post intervention feasibility study.cited 25× |
| laughter Yoga | Increases - promoted | social function | Human | students | Eight 1-hour sessions (two sessions per week). | The effect of laughter Yoga on general health among nursing students.cited 33× |