ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2014
Preventive Effects of a Three-month Yoga Intervention on Endothelial Function in Patients with Migraine.
Article in International journal of preventive medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Dropout Rate of Participants in Randomized Controlled Trials Using Different Exercise-Based Interventions in Patients with Migraine. A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Yoga as an Adjuvant therapy in management of migraine- An open label randomised trial.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Therapeutic role of yoga in neuropsychological disorders.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- Complementary and Integrative Medicine for Episodic Migraine: an Update of Evidence from the Last 3 Years.Current pain and headache reports · 2019Review
- Yoga as an Add-on Therapy in the Management of Migraine.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
- Effects of Pranayama on Recently Diagnosed Migraine: A Detailed Study Incorporating Cardiac Autonomic Functions and Clinical Scores.International journal of yogaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMigraine is a neurovascular disorder and any interventions improving endothelial function may contribute to its treatment and prevention of vascular complications like ischemic stroke. Yoga has been shown to have several beneficial effects on cardiovascular systems. However, no randomized controlled studies to date have investigated its effects on endothelial function of migraineurs.
methodsA total of 42 women patients with migraine were enrolled and randomized into either a Yoga exercise group or a control group. The control group received only medication for 12 weeks and the Yoga group was placed in yoga training program in addition to the same medical treatment. Blood test was given from all patients in order to measure plasma levels intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) and vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) after yoga training program.
resultsTotally 32 patients were participated in the final analyses (yoga: n = 18, control: n = 14). By analyzing data between yoga and control groups after the treatment period, there was a significant decreased in plasma level of VCAM in yoga group compare with the control group (15.29 ± 2.1 ng/ml vs. 21.70 ± 3.0 ng/ml, P < 0.05), whereas there was no significant difference in ICAM level between groups (19.1 ± 1.8 ng/ml vs. 20.97 ± 1.9 ng/ml P > 0.05).
conclusionsIt seems that yoga exercises, as a complementary treatment beside pharmacological treatments, can be potentially an effective way of improving vascular functions in migraineurs.
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