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Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yoga training | No effect - no significant change | pain | 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× |
| onsite yoga | No effect | pain intensity | 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. |
| providing yoga and PT onsite at opioid treatment programs (OTPs) | Increases - will be effective at improving | pain | Human | people with CLBP and OUD | 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 | pain | 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. |
| yoga group | Decreases - experienced a significant reduction in | pain | Human | — | 60 minutes/week of online yoga. | A Randomized Pilot Study of Online Hatha Yoga for Physical and Psychological Symptoms Among Survivors of Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant.cited 6× |
| synchronous yoga program | Decreases - significant decrease | SF-36 pain scores | Human | white-collar workers (synchronous group) | — | A Comparative Study on Tele-Yoga in White-Collar Workers: Synchronous vs Asynchronous. |
| synchronous yoga program | Decreases - changes were significantly higher | SF-36 pain scores | Human | white-collar workers (synchronous group) | — | A Comparative Study on Tele-Yoga in White-Collar Workers: Synchronous vs Asynchronous. |
| Mindful Yoga program | No effect - examines the feasibility and initial efficacy | disease-related symptoms such as pain and fatigue | Human | women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) | 120-minute sessions weekly for 8 weeks. | Mindful Yoga for women with metastatic breast cancer: design of a randomized controlled trial.cited 17× |
| supervised yoga | Decreases - suggest offering | persistent (>3 months) neck pain | Human | patients with grades I-II NAD | High-dose massage (specific amount and frequency not detailed). | The Treatment of Neck Pain-Associated Disorders and Whiplash-Associated Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline.cited 115× |
| yoga meditation | Decreases - suggestive of a possible value for treating | pain | Human | youth | Not specified | Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice.cited 51× |
| MBTs, especially yoga | Decreases - more effective in the short term | pain | Human | patients with CLBP | Not specified | Effectiveness of walking versus mind-body therapies in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of recent randomized controlled trials.cited 12× |
| yoga | Decreases - more effective than control interventions | pain | Human | adults with CLBP | Not specified | Effectiveness of walking versus mind-body therapies in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of recent randomized controlled trials.cited 12× |
| yoga | No effect - no longer superior to the control interventions | pain | Human | adults with CLBP | Not specified | Effectiveness of walking versus mind-body therapies in chronic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of recent randomized controlled trials.cited 12× |
| Iyengar yoga | Decreases - significant decrease | pain severity | Human | participants with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) who had lower resting baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS) to activations | 16 biweekly sessions | Cardiovascular phenotyping for personalized lifestyle treatments of chronic abdominal pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A randomized pilot study.cited 8× |
| Iyengar yoga | Decreases - has been associated with reduced | stress and pain | Human | practitioners | Standardized 6-week twice-weekly Iyengar yoga program. | Protocol for a randomized controlled study of Iyengar yoga for youth with irritable bowel syndrome.cited 17× |
| Iyengar yoga | No effect - will be compared on | visceral pain sensitivity, functional disability and psychospiritual variables including catastrophizing, self-efficacy, mood, acceptance and mindfulness | Human | sixty irritable bowel syndrome patients aged 14-26 | Standardized 6-week twice-weekly Iyengar yoga program. | Protocol for a randomized controlled study of Iyengar yoga for youth with irritable bowel syndrome.cited 17× |
| yoga studies | Decreases - showed a clinically significant reduction in pain | pain | Human | elderly with knee osteoarthritis | Moderate pressure massage targeting both quadriceps and hamstrings (specific frequency and duration not detailed). | Knee osteoarthritis pain in the elderly can be reduced by massage therapy, yoga and tai chi: A review.cited 32× |
| yoga poses (e.g. the Iyengar studies) | Decreases - showed a clinically significant reduction in pain, especially the research that focused on poses | pain | Human | elderly with knee osteoarthritis | Moderate pressure massage targeting both quadriceps and hamstrings (specific frequency and duration not detailed). | Knee osteoarthritis pain in the elderly can be reduced by massage therapy, yoga and tai chi: A review.cited 32× |
| Yoga Nidra | Decreases - can help in reduction | pain associated with early morning awakenings | Human | postmenopausal women | Not mentioned | Yoga Nidra, a Nonpharmacological Technique in Management of Insomnia and Overall Health in Postmenopausal Women. |
| a yoga-based program | No effect | lower abdominal pain | Human | adult females with leucorrhoea disorders | — | Study Protocol for a Yoga-Based Lifestyle Modification Program for Leucorrhea Disorders. |
| yoga release therapy (YRT) | Decreases - improvements | pain interference | 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) | Decreases - improvements | pain rating | 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 therapy | Decreases - were shown to be effective for reduction of | pain | Human | CKD patients | Not Assessed | The role of mind-body interventions in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients - A systematic review of literature.cited 14× |
| a 12-week online yoga intervention | Decreases - demonstrated small effects | pain | Human | MPN patients | 60 minutes per week of yoga | Online yoga in myeloproliferative neoplasm patients: results of a randomized pilot trial to inform future research.cited 54× |
| yoga and Pilates intervention | Decreases - improved synergistically with enhanced mood | Pain scores | Human | — | 1 hour of mat Pilates weekly. | Yoga & Pilates for those with chronic pain: A pilot study among women in substance use rehabilitation. |
| Vinyasa Yoga and mat Pilates classes | Decreases - decrease | pain | Human | Participants | 1 hour of mat Pilates weekly. | Yoga & Pilates for those with chronic pain: A pilot study among women in substance use rehabilitation. |
| Vinyasa Yoga and mat Pilates classes | Increases - noted improved | pain management | Human | respondents | 1 hour of mat Pilates weekly. | Yoga & Pilates for those with chronic pain: A pilot study among women in substance use rehabilitation. |
| Vinyasa Yoga and mat Pilates classes | Decreases - decreased | pain scores | Human | — | 1 hour of mat Pilates weekly. | Yoga & Pilates for those with chronic pain: A pilot study among women in substance use rehabilitation. |
| yoga session attendance | Decreases - significantly associated with reduced | pain severity | Human | all participants | — | Promoting Adherence to a Yoga Intervention for Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain. |
| yoga | Decreases - effective for improving | chronic low back pain (cLBP) | Human | military veterans and non-veterans | — | Promoting Adherence to a Yoga Intervention for Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain. |
| yoga intervention | No effect - no observed differences | abdominal pain | Human | adults diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome | Not specified | Physical activity for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.cited 28× |
| yoga intervention | No effect - did not conclusively reduce | abdominal pain | Human | adults diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome | Not specified | Physical activity for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.cited 28× |
| yoga intervention | Decreases - lower levels | pain | Human | pregnant women | Not specified for walking. | Effects of yoga intervention during pregnancy: a review for current status.cited 35× |
| exercise therapy comprising yoga exercises and medial-thrust gait (YogaMT) | Decreases - showed significant improvement | pain | 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 | Decreases - significant improvements | pain during the last week | 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 | Decreases - significant improvements | worst pain | 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 | Decreases - significantly reduced | AI-associated knee joint pain | Human | Breast cancer survivors | 6-week massage intervention (specific frequency not detailed). | Yoga versus massage in the treatment of aromatase inhibitor-associated knee joint pain in breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| yoga | Decreases - had a greater decrease | back and leg pain scales | Human | prenatally depressed women | Twice weekly 20-minute sessions. | Yoga and massage therapy reduce prenatal depression and prematurity.cited 101× |
| yoga | No effect - did not show positive effects | cancer pain | Human | patients with cancer pain | Not specified | Psychological and Non-Pharmacologic Treatments for Pain in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 41× |
| yoga | Decreases - improve | cancer-related pain | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of complementary and alternative medicine interventions on cancer related pain among breast cancer patients: A systematic review.cited 23× |
| yoga | No effect - primary treatment option | chronic low back and neck pain without serious pathology | Human | patients with spinal disorders in low-income communities | Not specified | The Global Spine Care Initiative: applying evidence-based guidelines on the non-invasive management of back and neck pain to low- and middle-income communities.cited 92× |
| yoga | Decreases - fair evidence or moderately supported | chronic low back pain | Human | patients with chronic low back pain | Not available | Noninvasive and alternative management of chronic low back pain (efficacy and outcomes).cited 20× |
| yoga | Decreases - should initially select | chronic low back pain | Human | patients with chronic low back pain | Not specified | Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians.cited 1,852× |
| yoga | Decreases - effective | chronic low back pain | Human | — | Not specified | Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline.cited 524× |
| yoga | Decreases - will provide evidence on the effectiveness | chronic lower back pain | Human | individuals with chronic lower back pain | Group sessions (75 min) once per week, plus home-based practice. | Treatment of Chronic Lower Back Pain: Study Protocol of a Comparative Effectiveness Study on Yoga, Eurythmy Therapy, and Physiotherapeutic Exercises.cited 7× |
| yoga | Decreases - improves | chronic pain | Human | individuals with chronic pain | Not specified | Mind-body practices, interoception and pain: a scoping review of behavioral and neural correlates.cited 2× |
| future yoga-based interventions integrating interoceptive strategies | Decreases - to facilitate the pain-modulating benefits | pain | Human | — | Not specified | Mind-body practices, interoception and pain: a scoping review of behavioral and neural correlates.cited 2× |
| yoga | No effect - weak positive evidence was found | chronic pain | Human | — | Not specified | Using Integrative Medicine in Pain Management: An Evaluation of Current Evidence.cited 44× |
| yoga | Decreases - may be efficacious in reducing | chronic pain and/or the need for analgesics | Human | patients with chronic pain | Not specified | New Concepts of Chronic Pain and the Potential Role of Complementary Therapies.cited 6× |
| yoga | Decreases - some evidence for | functional abdominal pain | Human | children | Not available | Functional abdominal pain: what clinicians need to know.cited 12× |
| Yoga | Increases - had moderate/good quality evidence for | low back pain (LBP) | Human | — | Not specified | Scoping review of systematic reviews of complementary medicine for musculoskeletal and mental health conditions.cited 40× |
| yoga | No effect - evidence for | low back pain | Human | — | Not specified | The Role of Exercise in Treating Low Back Pain.cited 6× |
| yoga | Decreases - consideration be given to the use of | lower back pain | Human | patients who do not improve | Not available | Pharmacological management of chronic lower back pain: a review of cost effectiveness.cited 8× |
| Yoga | Decreases - displayed positive effect on reduction of menstrual pain | menstrual pain | Human | patient with primary dysmenorrhoea | Not specified | Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for primary dysmenorrhoea: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.cited 5× |
| yoga | Decreases - represent reasonable complementary and alternative medicine methods | neck pain | Human | patients with neck pain | Not Assessed | Complementary and alternative treatment for neck pain: chiropractic, acupuncture, TENS, massage, yoga, Tai Chi, and Feldenkrais.cited 23× |
| yoga | Decreases - weaker evidence supporting | neck pain | Human | — | Not specified | Advances in the diagnosis and management of neck pain.cited 198× |
| yoga | Decreases - predicted greater pain reductions | pain | Human | Veterans with GWI | Not specified | Heart rate and heart rate variability as outcomes and longitudinal moderators of treatment for pain across follow-up in Veterans with Gulf War illness.cited 4× |
| yoga | Decreases - help reduce | pain | Human | patients with rheumatic diseases | Not specified | An integrated approach to the treatment of Rheumatic diseases: the role of psychological interventions.cited 2× |
| yoga | No effect - may not reduce | pain | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Integrative Medicine Therapies for Pain Management in Cancer Patients.cited 82× |
| yoga | Decreases - Positive short-term (≤6 months) effects in the form of reduced | pain | Human | — | Not specified | Complementary therapies for osteoarthritis: are they effective?cited 25× |
| yoga | Decreases - could significantly reduce | pain | Human | older population | Not specified for massage alone (integrated program involved two 1-hour sessions per week). | Peer volunteers in an integrative pain management program for frail older adults with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| yoga | No effect - used | pain | Human | participants with primary dysmenorrhea | Not specified | Efficacy of Physiotherapy Treatment in Primary Dysmenorrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.cited 31× |
| yoga | Decreases - significantly reduced | pain | Human | children with SCD | Not available | Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions to reduce pain in children with sickle cell disease: A systematic review.cited 6× |
| yoga | Decreases - improved and reduced | pain | Human | women living with endometriosis (EMS) | Not specified | Pain-focused psychological interventions in women with endometriosis: A systematic review.cited 14× |
| yoga | Decreases - noted reduction | pain | Human | some participants | — | Feasibility of a Yoga Intervention in an Inpatient Limb Loss Rehabilitation Program. |
| yoga | Decreases - found to be beneficial | pain | Human | other patient populations | — | Feasibility of a Yoga Intervention in an Inpatient Limb Loss Rehabilitation Program. |
| yoga | Decreases - low-to-moderate evidence of mainly short-term and small beneficial effects | pain and disability | Human | adults between 18 and 70 years of age suffering from chronic or recurrent LBP for a period of at least 12 weeks | Not specified | Summarizing the effects of different exercise types in chronic low back pain - a systematic review of systematic reviews.cited 27× |
| yoga | No effect - insufficient evidence to determine if beneficial | pain and functional outcomes | Human | patients with nonchronic, nonradicular LBP | Not available | Complementary therapies in addition to medication for patients with nonchronic, nonradicular low back pain: a systematic review.cited 9× |
| yoga | Decreases - lowered pain intensity | pain intensity | Human | women | Not available | Relaxation techniques for pain management in labour.cited 93× |
| yoga | Increases - greater satisfaction with pain relief | satisfaction with pain relief | Human | women | Not available | Relaxation techniques for pain management in labour.cited 93× |
| yoga | Decreases - Significant reductions | pain intensity on a 0-10 scale | Human | Women with primary dysmenorrhea | Not specified | Some physiotherapy treatments may relieve menstrual pain in women with primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review.cited 66× |
| yoga | Decreases - decreased | pain scale scores | Human | pediatric patients with SCD | Not available | Complementary and alternative medicine for children with sickle cell disease: A systematic review.cited 4× |
| yoga | Decreases - show potential efficacy | post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS) | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Updates on the preventions and management of post-mastectomy pain syndrome beyond medical treatment: a comprehensive narrative review.cited 2× |
| Yoga | Decreases - had within-group effects on | sleep and pain symptoms | Human | women during menopausal transition and early postmenopause | Not specified | Effects of mind-body therapies on symptom clusters during the menopausal transition.cited 26× |
| yoga | Decreases - may be addressed using | wound pain | Human | patients with chronic wounds | Not specified | An overview of integrative care options for patients with chronic wounds.cited 9× |
| an unsupervised 12-week online yoga program | No effect - did not improve | knee pain during walking | 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× |
| 24 weeks of add-on yoga therapy | Decreases - significant improvement | pain 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. |
| supervised yoga program | Decreases - may decrease | pain intensity | Human | adults with CNNP | Not specified | Therapeutic Yoga for the Management of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Current Evidence and Mechanisms.cited 3× |
| yoga exercises | Decreases - relieved | pain | 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 | Decreases - were lower | average pelvic pain intensity "at its worst" | Human | participants completing the yoga program | — | A Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Remotely Delivered Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. |
| yoga program | Decreases - were lower | average pelvic pain intensity "on average" | Human | participants completing the yoga program | — | A Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Remotely Delivered Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. |
| yoga program | Increases - improvements in scores | emotional domain of the Impact of Female Chronic Pelvic Pain Questionnaire | Human | Yoga participants | — | A Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Remotely Delivered Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. |
| yoga program | Increases - improvements in scores | occupational domain of the Impact of Female Chronic Pelvic Pain Questionnaire | Human | Yoga participants | — | A Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Remotely Delivered Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. |
| yoga program | Increases - improvements in scores | psychological domain of the Impact of Female Chronic Pelvic Pain Questionnaire | Human | Yoga participants | — | A Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Remotely Delivered Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. |
| remotely delivered yoga program for CPP | Increases - demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability | collection of pain-related data | Human | women with CPP | — | A Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial of a Remotely Delivered Pelvic Yoga Program for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. |
| standard care plus meditation and yoga | Increases - had superior beneficial change | pain scores | Human | women with interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome | Commercially available meditation application and standardized yoga tutorial video (specific dosage not detailed). | Augmentation of Interstitial Cystitis-Bladder Pain Syndrome Treatment With Meditation and Yoga: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| Physiotherapy, psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, relaxation techniques, acupuncture, and traditional practices like yoga and massage, as well as novel modalities | Increases - contribute to | a holistic pain management strategy | Human | — | Not specified | Navigating the 'Pits and Perils' of Analgesic Therapy in Advanced Liver Disease and Cirrhosis.cited 1× |
| Integral-based hatha yoga | Increases - Significant improvements were evident in | SF-36 pain 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× |
| yoga practice | Decreases - effective in reducing | pain | Human | hemodialysis patients | Not specified | Effect of Complementary and Integrative Treatments on Fatigue Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review.cited 4× |
| mindfulness yoga treatment | No effect - were not different | pain | 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× |
| 10-minute daily yoga protocol | Decreases - lower probability of experiencing | low-back pain | Human | women who participated in resistance training sports | — | A Randomized Crossover Pilot Trial on the Influence of a Daily Mindfulness Yoga Practice on Menstrual Cycle Symptoms, Measures of Well-Being, and Training Perception in Athletic Women. |
| Laughter Yoga | Decreases - significant difference between pre- and post-intervention scores | pain | 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 | Decreases - significantly lower than those of the control group | pain | Human | female students with PMS | Twice-weekly 30-minute group sessions of laughter yoga and deep breathing. | Effects of Laughter Yoga on Premenstrual Symptoms. |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significantly decreased | PMSS subdimension pain | Human | female students with PMS | Twice-weekly 30-minute group sessions of laughter yoga and deep breathing. | Effects of Laughter Yoga on Premenstrual Symptoms. |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significantly decreased | pain level | Human | hemodialysis patients | 30-minute sessions, twice weekly (total 16 sessions). | Effects of laughter yoga on hemodialysis patients' plasma-beta endorphin levels, pain levels and sleep quality: A randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| Laughter Yoga | Decreases - showed patients having improvement in | pain severity | Human | HD patients | Not specified | Effects of Laughter Yoga on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review. |