Trial reportMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2014
Efficacy of yoga for vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Optimal doses of different exercise types for improving depressive symptoms in climacteric women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different physical activity interventions on depressive symptoms in menopausal women: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of aerobic exercise on sleep disorder in menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of yoga on sleep quality and insomnia in women with sleep problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Variation in menopausal vasomotor symptoms outcomes in clinical trials: a systematic review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of Pilates on Sleep Quality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Improving vasomotor symptoms; psychological symptoms; and health-related quality of life in peri- or post-menopausal women through yoga: An umbrella systematic review and meta-analysis.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Survivorship, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2017Guideline
- Exercise for vasomotor menopausal symptoms.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of yoga: a bibliometric analysis.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Effects of exercise training on vasomotor symptoms and quality of life in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2025Trial
- Yoga, Physical Therapy, and Back Pain Education for Sleep Quality in Low-Income Racially Diverse Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain: a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Trial
- Confirmatory factor analysis of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and invariance across race: a pooled analysis of MsFLASH data.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Trial
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- Effects of Yoga and Aerobic Exercise on Actigraphic Sleep Parameters in Menopausal Women with Hot Flashes.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017Trial
- A yoga & exercise randomized controlled trial for vasomotor symptoms: Effects on heart rate variability.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2016Trial
- Daily salivary cortisol patterns in midlife women with hot flashes.Clinical endocrinology · 2016Trial
- Pooled Analysis of Six Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Vasomotor Symptoms.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2015Trial
- Reduction in menopause-related symptoms associated with use of a noninvasive neurotechnology for autocalibration of neural oscillations.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Trial
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to determine the efficacy of yoga in alleviating vasomotor symptoms (VMS) frequency and bother.
methodsThis study was a three-by-two factorial, randomized controlled trial. Eligible women were randomized to yoga (n = 107), exercise (n = 106), or usual activity (n = 142), and were simultaneously randomized to a double-blind comparison of ω-3 fatty acid (n = 177) or placebo (n = 178) capsules. Yoga intervention consisted of 12 weekly 90-minute yoga classes with daily home practice. Primary outcomes were VMS frequency and bother assessed by daily diaries at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks. Secondary outcomes included insomnia symptoms (Insomnia Severity Index) at baseline and 12 weeks.
resultsAmong 249 randomized women, 237 (95%) completed 12-week assessments. The mean baseline VMS frequency was 7.4 per day (95% CI, 6.6 to 8.1) in the yoga group and 8.0 per day (95% CI, 7.3 to 8.7) in the usual activity group. Intent-to-treat analyses included all participants with response data (n = 237). There was no difference between intervention groups in the change in VMS frequency from baseline to 6 and 12 weeks (mean difference [yoga--usual activity] from baseline at 6 wk, -0.3 [95% CI, -1.1 to 0.5]; mean difference [yoga--usual activity] from baseline at 12 wk, -0.3 [95% CI, -1.2 to 0.6]; P = 0.119 across both time points). Results were similar for VMS bother. At week 12, yoga was associated with an improvement in insomnia symptoms (mean difference [yoga - usual activity] in the change in Insomnia Severity Index, 1.3 [95% CI, -2.5 to -0.1]; P = 0.007).
conclusionsAmong healthy women, 12 weeks of yoga class plus home practice, compared with usual activity, do not improve VMS frequency or bother but reduce insomnia symptoms.
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