Trial reportAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2012
The effects of pranayama, hatha and raja yoga on physical pain and the quality of life of women with multiple sclerosis.
Trial report in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Non-pharmacological interventions for chronic pain in multiple sclerosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of yoga: a bibliometric analysis.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The Effects of M2M and Adapted Yoga on Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes in People With Multiple Sclerosis.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
- Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis: Mechanisms, Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Meditation-Based Therapies for Chronic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
- Yoga as a complementary therapy in neuropathic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Review
- Pain Management in Multiple Sclerosis: a Review of Available Treatment Options.Current treatment options in neurology · 2019Review
- Therapeutic Yoga: Symptom Management for Multiple Sclerosis.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Review
- Yoga as a method of symptom management in multiple sclerosis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2015Review
- Feasibility and Impact of an 8-Week Integrative Yoga Program in People with Moderate Multiple Sclerosis-Related Disability: A Pilot Study.International journal of MS careArticle
- Mindfulness in Motion for People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Study.International journal of MS careArticle
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Abstract
In a clinical trial carried out on 60 women with multiple sclerosis, the researchers obtained data using survey questionnaires. In addition to demographic data, the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQoL-54) instrument was used to determine how multiple sclerosis influences the quality of life of the studied women. Within the frame of this randomized controlled trial, the participants were divided into two equally sized groups (the case and the control group) in which the level of pain and the quality of life were evaluated. The case group exercised pain-managing Yoga methods for three months, keeping the pace of eight 90-minute sessions per month. The control participants were subjected to no intervention. One month after the Yoga therapy, the level of pain and the quality of life were evaluated in both groups and compared to the baseline data. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and paired t-tests. After the Yoga therapy, the case group showed a significant improvement in physical pain management (P=0.007) and the quality of life (P=0.001) as compared to the control group. The results showed that Yoga techniques can alleviate physical pain and improve the quality of life of multiple sclerosis patients.
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