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research updates: yoga

Below are short extracts from research updates about this subject - select more to read each item.

Issue 127

OKEN and others, Department of Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of yoga in elderly people.... more

Issue 126

DONOHUE and colleagues, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA, have measured the effects of yoga exercises and motivational interventions on one-mile runners.... more

Issue 120

MANJUNATH and TELLES, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, have explored the effect of yoga and Ayurveda on sleep in the elderly.... more

Issue 113

GALANTINO and co-workers, Program in Physical Therapy, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA, have carried out a pilot study on the effect of Hatha yoga on chronic low back pain.... more

WOOLERY and colleagues, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, awoolery@ucla.edu, have used yoga for young adults with depression.... more

Issue 108

GHONCHEH and SMITH, Roosevelt University Stress Institute, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, have studied progressive muscle relaxation, yoga stretching, and ABC relaxation theory.... more

Issue 107

VISWESWARAIAH and TELLES, Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India, have conducted a randomized trial of yoga as a complementary treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.... more

WAELDE and colleagues, Pacifica Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA, have carried out a pilot study of yoga and meditation for stress reduction in dementia caregivers... more

Issue 105

SHANNAHOFF-KHALSA, The Research Group for Mind-Body Dynamics, Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0402, USA, dsk@ucsd.edu, has reviewed (38 references) Kundalini yoga meditation techniques that are speci... more

Issue 104

TANEJA and colleagues, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, India, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of Yogic versus conventional treatment of diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.... more

Issue 102

GALANTINO and co-workers, Program in Physical Therapy, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA, have conducted a pilot study on Hatha yoga in chronic back pain.... more

SAPER and others, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Osher Institute, Harvard Medical School, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,... more

WOOLERY and colleagues, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, awoolery@ucla.edu, have evaluated a yoga programme for young adults with depression.... more

Issue 91

RAUB, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA, raub.james@epa.gov, has reviewed (75 references) the psychophysiological effects of Hatha Yoga on fitness parameters. Abstract: Yoga is increasingly popular as a... more

Issue 71

MANCHANDA and colleagues, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, evaluated the possible role of lifestyle modification incorporating yoga on retardation of coronary artery disease (CAD).... more

Issue 69

RAMARATNAM, Apollo Hospital, Madras, 600006, India, rsridharan@vsnl.com, examines methodological issues that might be encountered in designing and conducting a randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy of yoga in the treatment of epilepsy. The author hi... more

YARDI, Yardi Epilepsy Clinic, Kothrud, Pune, India, nyardi@hotmail.com, reviewed literature on yoga in relation to epilepsy and related conditions and relevant physiological parameters and quality-of-life (QoL) issues.... more

Issue 58

BERA, GORE and OAK, Scientific Research Department, Kaivalyadhama SMYM Samiti, Lonavla described recovery from stress in two different postures and in a yogic relaxation posture.... more

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