ArticleInternational journal of yoga
Effects of Yogasanas on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
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- Yoga interventions and randomized controlled trials: key issues and the centered impact on sedentary lifestyle-associated cardiometabolic disorders.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Pilates and Yoga to improve bone density in adult women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Musculoskeletal and Psychological Rehabilitation.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Review
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- Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2022Review
- Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: The Role of Lifestyle in Maintaining Bone Mass and Reducing Fracture Risk.American journal of lifestyle medicineArticle
- Kinematics of Suryanamaskar Using Three-Dimensional Motion Capture.International journal of yogaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundOsteoporosis is commonly encountered by postmenopausal women. There is an increased need for a low cost and efficient treatment alternative to address this population.
aimsTo study the effects of integrated yoga on bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. SETTINGS AND DESIGNS: Experimental pre-post study conducted in a community setting. MATERIALS AND
methods30 females in the age group of 45-62 years suffering from postmenopausal osteoporosis with a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) score of ≤-2.5 underwent a 6 months fully supervised yoga session. All the participants completed the study. Pretraining and posttraining BMD was calculated. OUTCOME MEASURE: DEXA score at the lumbar spine. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The study was statistically analyzed using paired t-test to see the significance of pretraining and posttraining effects of a yoga session.
resultsImprovement in T-score of DEXA scan of -2.55 ± 0.25 at posttraining as compared to a pretraining score of -2.69 ± 0.17.
conclusionsIntegrated yoga is a safe mode of physical activity which includes weight bearing as well as not weight bearing asanas, Pranayama, and suryanamaskar, all of which helps induce improvement in BMD in postmenopausal osteoporotic females.
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