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| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prenatal yoga | Increases - enhance | physical health | Human | expectant mothers | Not specified | The wonders of mind-body practices during pregnancy: A topical review. |
| yoga training | Increases - significantly improved | mental dimension of health-related quality of life | Human | persons with MS | Yoga training once a week (at least 1 hour). | Feasibility of a 6-Month Yoga Program to Improve the Physical and Psychosocial Status of Persons with Multiple Sclerosis and their Family Members.cited 16× |
| yoga training | No effect - no significant change | physical dimension of health-related quality of life | Human | persons with MS | Yoga training once a week (at least 1 hour). | Feasibility of a 6-Month Yoga Program to Improve the Physical and Psychosocial Status of Persons with Multiple Sclerosis and their Family Members.cited 16× |
| Mindful Yoga program | Increases - demonstrated a positive impact | psychological and functional health | Human | early stage breast cancer patients and survivors | 120-minute sessions weekly for 8 weeks. | Mindful Yoga for women with metastatic breast cancer: design of a randomized controlled trial.cited 17× |
| practicing yoga | Increases - enhances | health-related functions | Human | — | — | Effects of Yoga on Pulmonary Parameters, Posture, Body Awareness, and Quality of Life Among Smokers. |
| yoga and mindfulness-based stress reduction | No effect - evaluated | physical and mental health concerns | Human | breast cancer survivors | Not specified | Advancing breast cancer survivorship among African-American women.cited 52× |
| practical interventions, such as yoga | Increases - enhance | health status | Human | — | Three times per week during lunch hour (as part of a broader yoga program) | Effect of an office worksite-based yoga program on heart rate variability: a randomized controlled trial.cited 22× |
| worksite-based yoga practice | No effect - determine the effect of | HRV and physical and psychological health status | Human | — | Three times per week during lunch hour (as part of a broader yoga program) | Effect of an office worksite-based yoga program on heart rate variability: a randomized controlled trial.cited 22× |
| stress reducing activities like sport, yoga and mindfulness | Increases - should be encouraged | global physical and psychological health | Human | cancer patients | Not available | Conservative non-pharmacological treatments for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathies in women treated for breast cancer: a systematic review.cited 6× |
| yoga-based mindfulness intervention (YBM) | Increases - will be examined for effects in improving | cognitive and physical functions and mental health outcomes | Human | Chilean elderly diagnosed with MCI | Not specified | The Impact of a Yoga-Based Mindfulness Intervention versus Psycho-Educational Session for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 2× |
| Yoga meditation | Increases - sustained | positive mental health benefits | Human | female college students | Not specified | From contemplation to serenity: how yoga meditation improves the mental health of female college students? |
| yoga module | Increases - exhibited significant health improvements | general health | Human | CKD patients | — | Development and Validation of Yoga Program for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. |
| yoga therapy | Increases - offering improvements | general health and quality of life | Human | CKD patients | — | Development and Validation of Yoga Program for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. |
| yoga and meditation | Increases - revealed significant mental and physical advantages | mental and physical health | Human | — | Not specified. | EEG based interpretation of human brain activity during yoga and meditation using machine learning: A systematic review.cited 20× |
| personalised, trauma-informed yoga | Increases - reported it comparatively more beneficial for | mental health | Human | junior doctors | Weekly 1-hour sessions of personalized yoga (with a 4-hour workshop and eHealth homework) or group fitness sessions | Personalised yoga for burnout and traumatic stress in junior doctors.cited 19× |
| personalised, trauma-informed yoga | Increases - reported it comparatively more beneficial for | physical health | Human | junior doctors | Weekly 1-hour sessions of personalized yoga (with a 4-hour workshop and eHealth homework) or group fitness sessions | Personalised yoga for burnout and traumatic stress in junior doctors.cited 19× |
| a chair-based yoga programme | No effect - compared the impact | health-related quality of life | Human | older adults with multimorbidity | — | Acceptability and feasibility of online delivery of chair-based yoga for older adults with multimorbidity - lessons from a process evaluation of the gentle years yoga trial. |
| yoga as a complementary therapy alongside conventional BC treatment | Increases - significantly improved | health outcomes | Human | BC patients | — | Yoga Intervention and Inflammatory Homoeostasis in Breast Cancer Patients. |
| mindfulness yoga program | Increases - significantly better improvement | disease-specific health-related quality of life | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease | Mindfulness yoga was delivered in 90-minute group sessions, and SRTE in 60-minute group sessions, both for 8 weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 199× |
| mindfulness yoga program | Increases - increase in | health-related quality of life | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease | Mindfulness yoga was delivered in 90-minute group sessions, and SRTE in 60-minute group sessions, both for 8 weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 199× |
| mind-body interventions, including mindfulness-based interventions and yoga | Decreases - may be effective in reducing | mental health difficulties and psychological distress | Human | infertile patients undergoing fertility treatments | Not specified | The effect of mind-body interventions on psychological and pregnancy outcomes in infertile women: a systematic review.cited 22× |
| MB yoga intervention | Increases - had a statistically significant effect | health and well-being | Human | nurses and HCPs | Not specified. | Holistic Nursing in Practice: Mindfulness-Based Yoga as an Intervention to Manage Stress and Burnout.cited 38× |
| medical yoga | Increases - improved | emotional health-related quality of life | Human | patients with heart failure | — | Effects of exergaming and yoga on exercise capacity and physical and mental health in heart failure patients: a randomized sub-study.cited 1× |
| yoga-based intervention | Increases - showed comparable within-group effects | health (SF-36) | Human | patients with irritable bowel syndrome | Three sessions of nutritional counseling over 12 weeks. | Randomised clinical trial: yoga vs a low-FODMAP diet in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.cited 59× |
| yoga intervention | Decreases - reducing related symptoms | physical health issues | Human | female adolescents (ages 16-17 years) from Bengaluru, South India | — | Development, Validation, and Feasibility of Yoga Intervention Module for Optimizing Safe Use of Screen Time: A Pilot Study. |
| yoga intervention | Increases - Statistically significant differences in favor of yoga were also found on | SF12 mental health | Human | people with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety | Not specified (6-week yoga intervention). | INDIVIDUALIZED YOGA FOR REDUCING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AND IMPROVING WELL-BEING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.cited 46× |
| yoga intervention | No effect - Differences in | SF12 physical health scores | Human | people with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety | Not specified (6-week yoga intervention). | INDIVIDUALIZED YOGA FOR REDUCING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AND IMPROVING WELL-BEING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.cited 46× |
| mind-body movement interventions such as qi gong, tai chi, and yoga | Increases - are recommended in clinical practice guidelines to improve | outcomes for several health conditions | Human | — | Not available | Determinants of Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga Use for Health Conditions: A Systematic Review Protocol. |
| mind-body movement interventions such as qi gong, tai chi, and yoga | No effect - use of these interventions for health conditions, or the integration of these interventions within healthcare settings, is | use for health conditions, integration within healthcare settings | Human | — | Not available | Determinants of Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga Use for Health Conditions: A Systematic Review Protocol. |
| yoga intervention delivered by videoconference | No effect - will explore effectiveness | general health | Human | young adults 18 years or older, diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 18-39 years of age | — | A Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Single-Arm, Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Evaluating a 12-week Yoga Intervention Delivered by Videoconference for Young Adults Diagnosed With Cancer. |
| yoga intervention delivered by videoconference | Increases - may enhance health | health | Human | young adults affected by cancer | — | A Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Single-Arm, Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Evaluating a 12-week Yoga Intervention Delivered by Videoconference for Young Adults Diagnosed With Cancer. |
| yoga intervention delivered by videoconference | No effect - will explore effectiveness | health-related quality of life | Human | young adults 18 years or older, diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 18-39 years of age | — | A Protocol for a Mixed Methods, Single-Arm, Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Evaluating a 12-week Yoga Intervention Delivered by Videoconference for Young Adults Diagnosed With Cancer. |
| modern postural yoga | Increases - significant positive effects | positive mental health (PMH) indicators | Human | clinical and nonclinical populations | Not specified | Modern postural yoga as a mental health promoting tool: A systematic review.cited 35× |
| yoga and mindfulness | Increases - improved | health-related quality of life (HRQoL) | Human | adults with severe asthma | Tailored group yoga classes twice a week for 16 weeks. | A feasibility randomised controlled trial of Novel Activity Management in severe ASthma-Tailored Exercise (NAMASTE): yoga and mindfulness.cited 11× |
| yoga | Decreases - identified as the best method | alleviating stress and improving physical and mental health | Human | healthcare workers | Not specified | Physical relaxation for occupational stress in healthcare workers: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 42× |
| yoga | Increases - encouraging evidence | children's mental health | Human | children | Not specified | The effects of yoga on mental health in school-aged children: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Randomised Control Trials.cited 7× |
| yoga interventions | Decreases - may be implemented | mental health issues | Human | school children | Not specified | The effects of yoga on mental health in school-aged children: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Randomised Control Trials.cited 7× |
| yoga | Increases - were higher | environment sub-scale mean scores of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire | Human | students with PMS complaints | Not specified | The effects of acupressure and yoga for coping with premenstrual syndromes on premenstrual symptoms and quality of life.cited 19× |
| yoga | Increases - were higher | physical health sub-scale mean scores of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire | Human | students with PMS complaints | Not specified | The effects of acupressure and yoga for coping with premenstrual syndromes on premenstrual symptoms and quality of life.cited 19× |
| yoga | Increases - were higher | psychological health sub-scale mean scores of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire | Human | students with PMS complaints | Not specified | The effects of acupressure and yoga for coping with premenstrual syndromes on premenstrual symptoms and quality of life.cited 19× |
| yoga | Increases - demonstrated positive changes | health and behavior | Human | healthy aging or disorders such as stroke and aphasia | Not specified | Integrative intervention: a new perspective and brief review in aphasia.cited 5× |
| Yoga | Increases - has been shown to have a salutogenic effect | health and wellbeing | Human | prostate cancer patients and their caregivers | Not specified | An Integrative Approach to Prostate Cancer.cited 11× |
| yoga | Increases - improve | health-related quality of life (HRQOL) | Human | patients with lymphoma | — | Culturally Tailored Home-based Yoga Intervention for Lymphoma Patients on Chemotherapy. |
| yoga | Increases - beneficial | IBS-related physical and mental health outcomes | Human | patients with IBS | Not specified | Yoga as a Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.cited 22× |
| yoga | Decreases - reducing risk for | impaired mental health | Human | — | Not specified | A narrative review on yoga: a potential intervention for augmenting immunomodulation and mental health in COVID-19.cited 10× |
| yoga | Increases - improve | mental health | Human | — | Not specified | A narrative review on yoga: a potential intervention for augmenting immunomodulation and mental health in COVID-19.cited 10× |
| yoga | Increases - enhancing | mental health | Human | — | Not specified | A narrative review on yoga: a potential intervention for augmenting immunomodulation and mental health in COVID-19.cited 10× |
| Yoga | Increases - has been explored as a health modality to maintain | mental and physical health | Human | — | — | The Effects of Yoga on the Mental Health of Individuals With Autoimmune Disorders: A Scoping Review. |
| yoga | Increases - shows promise in improving | mental health and well-being | Human | women and infants | Not specified | Efficacy, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Perinatal Yoga on Women's Mental Health and Well-Being: A Systematic Literature Review.cited 29× |
| yoga | No effect - focusing on | mental health conditions | Human | patients with mental health conditions | — | Global and Indian research trends on Yoga: Insights from WHO trial registry. |
| yoga | No effect - impact | mental health measures (stress, depression, and quality of life) | Human | women with first trimester abnormal uterine artery doppler ultrasound | — | Potential Role of Yoga in Improving Risk Factors of Pregnancy Complications Among Pregnant Women with Abnormal First Trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Ultrasound: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| yoga | Increases - affecting | metabolic health | Human | obese individuals | — | Yoga in Obesity Management: Reducing cardiovascular risk and enhancing well-being- A review of the current literature. |
| yoga | Increases - significant effects favouring yoga | perceived mental health | Human | older adults not characterised by any specific clinical condition | Not specified | The effects of yoga compared to active and inactive controls on physical function and health related quality of life in older adults- systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 104× |
| yoga | Increases - significant effects favouring yoga | perceived physical health | Human | older adults not characterised by any specific clinical condition | Not specified | The effects of yoga compared to active and inactive controls on physical function and health related quality of life in older adults- systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 104× |
| Yoga | Increases - improved | physical health | HumanAnimalMolecular | persons with arthritis | Not specified (varies by study) | 2013 SYR Accepted Poster Abstracts. |
| Yoga | Decreases - reduces | stress and promotes health and well-being | HumanAnimalMolecular | middle school educators | Not specified (varies by study) | 2013 SYR Accepted Poster Abstracts. |
| yoga | Increases - contributes to an increase | positive mental health (PMH) | Human | adults from non-clinical populations | Not specified | The Effects of Yoga on Positive Mental Health Among Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 73× |
| yoga | Increases - show encouraging results in improving | quality of life and health | Human | people living with HIV | Not specified | Mind-body practices for people living with HIV: a systematic scoping review.cited 17× |
| yoga | Increases - enhances | reproductive health | Human | infertility patients | — | Yoga: As a Transformative Approach to Addressing Male Infertility and Enhancing Reproductive Health in Men: A Narrative Review. |
| yoga | Increases - leading to improved | reproductive health and overall well-being | Human | — | — | Yoga: As a Transformative Approach to Addressing Male Infertility and Enhancing Reproductive Health in Men: A Narrative Review. |
| Practicing yoga regularly | Increases - enhances | physical and mental health | Human | — | — | Yoga: As a Transformative Approach to Addressing Male Infertility and Enhancing Reproductive Health in Men: A Narrative Review. |
| Practicing yoga regularly | Increases - probably helps in improving | reproductive health | Human | — | — | Yoga: As a Transformative Approach to Addressing Male Infertility and Enhancing Reproductive Health in Men: A Narrative Review. |
| Yoga | Increases - significant | student mental health and well-being | Human | students | Not available | Meta-Review on the Effectiveness of Classroom-Based Psychological Interventions Aimed at Improving Student Mental Health and Well-Being, and Preventing Mental Illness.cited 13× |
| yoga | No effect - effects have been reported | various mental health outcomes and stress-related symptoms | Human | nurses | Not available | The Effectiveness and Safety of Mind-Body Modalities for Mental Health of Nurses in Hospital Setting: A Systematic Review.cited 13× |
| regular participation in Hatha Yoga | Increases - can improve mental health outcomes | mental health outcomes | Human | — | Not specified (eight-week Hatha Yoga program). | The influence of hatha yoga on stress, anxiety, and suppression: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| Bikram yoga | Increases - imporvements in | quality of life measures and indicator of better health | Human | women aged 20 to 50 years with persistent pain | 3 times per week | #MindinBody - feasibility of vigorous exercise (Bikram yoga versus high intensity interval training) to improve persistent pain in women with a history of trauma: a pilot randomized control trial.cited 3× |
| 24 weeks of add-on yoga therapy | Increases - significant between-group improvements | physical health-related quality of life scores | Human | patients diagnosed with somatoform pain disorders (SPDs) | — | The efficacy of add-on yoga intervention in somatoform pain disorders: An open-label controlled trial. |
| mindfulness yoga | Increases - improve | overall physical and mental health and quality of life | Human | early-stage breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| mindfulness yoga treatment | Increases - had a better prognosis | health-related life quality | Human | early-stage breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| mindfulness yoga | Increases - positive effects | symptom management and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) | Human | people living with Parkinson's disease (PD) | Eight weekly sessions | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga Versus Conventional Physical Exercises on Symptom Experiences and Health-related Quality of Life in People with Parkinson's Disease: The Potential Mediating Roles of Anxiety and Depression.cited 21× |
| online yoga | Increases - showing the potential to enhance | mental health outcomes | Human | cancer patients | — | The Effects of Online Yoga Practice on Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. |
| online yoga | Increases - showing the potential to enhance | physical health outcomes | Human | cancer patients | — | The Effects of Online Yoga Practice on Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. |
| yoga program (synchronous or asynchronous) | Increases - increase | SF-36 general health perception sub-dimension scores | Human | white-collar workers | — | A Comparative Study on Tele-Yoga in White-Collar Workers: Synchronous vs Asynchronous. |
| yoga program (synchronous or asynchronous) | Increases - increase | SF-36 mental health sub-dimension scores | Human | white-collar workers | — | A Comparative Study on Tele-Yoga in White-Collar Workers: Synchronous vs Asynchronous. |
| short-term yoga-based lifestyle intervention | Increases - improved | overall quality of life and health | Human | overweight and obese persons | Not specified | Effect of a Short-Term Yoga-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Health-Related Quality of Life in Overweight and Obese Subjects.cited 12× |
| a school-based mindfulness and yoga intervention | Increases - would improve | mental health outcomes | Human | chronically stressed and disadvantaged youth | Not specified | Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth.cited 157× |
| 6-week, trauma-informed yoga intervention | Increases - were overwhelmingly positive | mental health outcomes | Human | all groups | — | From Surviving to Thriving: A Trauma-Informed Yoga Intervention for Adolescents and Educators in Rural Montana. |
| yoga-based intervention package | Increases - had an overall positive effect | school achievements, family dynamics and individual health | Human | students | Mindfulness meditation for 5-6 minutes, along with other yoga-based practices (slow breathing for 5-6 minutes and Surya-namaskaram for 6-8 minutes). | Implementation of a non-randomized controlled trial of yoga-based intervention to reduce behavioural issues in early adolescent school-going children in Sri Lanka.cited 1× |
| positive criminology approaches, such as yoga programs | Increases - have been shown to improve | inmates' well-being and mental health | Human | inmates | — | Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Intervention (TCTSY). Improving Conditions for Incarcerated Women in Latin America. |
| Integral-based hatha yoga | Increases - Significant improvements were evident in | SF-36 general health scale | Human | sedentary adults aged 18+ years with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or knee osteoarthritis | Two 60-minute yoga classes and one home practice per week. | Yoga in Sedentary Adults with Arthritis: Effects of a Randomized Controlled Pragmatic Trial.cited 58× |
| Integral-based hatha yoga | Increases - Significant improvements were evident in | SF-36 mental health scale | Human | sedentary adults aged 18+ years with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or knee osteoarthritis | Two 60-minute yoga classes and one home practice per week. | Yoga in Sedentary Adults with Arthritis: Effects of a Randomized Controlled Pragmatic Trial.cited 58× |
| Tai Chi or Yoga | Increases - higher | perceived mental health | Human | female university employees and faculty members | 10 sessions (frequency not specified). | Promoting workplace psychological wellbeing through Yoga and Tai Chi classes in female university employees. |
| yoga practice | Increases - relates to better | health behaviors | Human | — | Not specified | Who practices yoga? A systematic review of demographic, health-related, and psychosocial factors associated with yoga practice.cited 72× |
| yoga practice | Increases - relates to better | subjective health | Human | — | Not specified | Who practices yoga? A systematic review of demographic, health-related, and psychosocial factors associated with yoga practice.cited 72× |
| 12-week home-based, online yoga intervention | Increases - improvements | self-rated health | Human | women after stillbirth | Low dose (60 min per week), moderate dose (150 min per week), and stretch-and-tone control group. | Online yoga to reduce post traumatic stress in women who have experienced stillbirth: a randomized control feasibility trial.cited 42× |
| laughter Yoga | Increases - had a positive effect | general health | Human | nursing students | Eight 1-hour sessions (two sessions per week). | The effect of laughter Yoga on general health among nursing students.cited 33× |
| Laughter Yoga | Increases - significant difference between pre- and post-intervention scores | global health and quality of life | Human | cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy | Four sessions at one-week intervals, each lasting 20-30 minutes. | Effects of laughter yoga on health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 19× |
| Laughter Yoga | Increases - effectively improved | health-related quality of life | Human | cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy | Four sessions at one-week intervals, each lasting 20-30 minutes. | Effects of laughter yoga on health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 19× |
| Laughter Yoga | Increases - promote | mental health | Human | — | Not specified | The effects of group-based Laughter Yoga interventions on mental health in adults: A systematic review.cited 10× |
| Laughter Yoga | No effect - no evidence to support its effectiveness in improving | mental health | Human | — | Not specified | The effects of group-based Laughter Yoga interventions on mental health in adults: A systematic review.cited 10× |
| Laughter Yoga (LY) | Increases - improvements in | mental health related quality of life | Human | adults diagnosed with depression | Eight sessions over four weeks. | Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga intervention as an adjunctive treatment for residual symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in people with depression.cited 26× |
| Laughter Yoga (LY) | Increases - may be effective to improve | mental health related quality of life | Human | — | Eight sessions over four weeks. | Feasibility of a group-based laughter yoga intervention as an adjunctive treatment for residual symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in people with depression.cited 26× |