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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2012

Effectiveness of yoga for menopausal symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Jost Langhorst, Gustav Dobos

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Exercise for vasomotor menopausal symptoms.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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  19. Effects of yoga on mental and physical health: a short summary of reviews.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2012
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  20. Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Menopause.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Holger CramerChair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Romy Lauche
Jost Langhorst
Gustav Dobos

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives. To systematically review and meta-analyze the effectiveness of yoga for menopausal symptoms. Methods. Medline, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO were screened through April 2012. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included if they assessed the effect of yoga on major menopausal symptoms, namely, (1) psychological symptoms, (2) somatic symptoms, (3) vasomotor symptoms, and/or (4) urogenital symptoms. For each outcome, standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Two authors independently assessed risk of bias using the risk of bias tool recommended by the Cochrane Back Review Group. Results. Five RCTs with 582 participants were included in the qualitative review, and 4 RCTs with 545 participants were included in the meta-analysis. There was moderate evidence for short-term effects on psychological symptoms (SMD = -0.37; 95% CI -0.67 to -0.07; P = 0.02). No evidence was found for total menopausal symptoms, somatic symptoms, vasomotor symptoms, or urogenital symptoms. Yoga was not associated with serious adverse events. Conclusion. This systematic review found moderate evidence for short-term effectiveness of yoga for psychological symptoms in menopausal women. While more rigorous research is needed to underpin these results, yoga can be preliminarily recommended as an additional intervention for women who suffer from psychological complaints associated with menopause.

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