Trial reportComplementary therapies in medicine2016
A yoga & exercise randomized controlled trial for vasomotor symptoms: Effects on heart rate variability.
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The Effect of Health Education and Yoga Practices Given According to Pender's Health Promotion Model on Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Study
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of long-term exercise intervention on heart rate variability indices: a systematic meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Regulation of exercise on heart rate variability in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024Review
- CanSports medicine and health science · 2023Article
- Lights on MsFLASH: a review of contributions.Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Review
- Effects of Mind⁻Body Exercises (Tai Chi/Yoga) on Heart Rate Variability Parameters and Perceived Stress: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectivesHeart rate variability (HRV) reflects the integration of the parasympathetic nervous system with the rest of the body. Studies on the effects of yoga and exercise on HRV have been mixed but suggest that exercise increases HRV. We conducted a secondary analysis of the effect of yoga and exercise on HRV based on a randomized clinical trial of treatments for vasomotor symptoms in peri/post-menopausal women.
designRandomized clinical trial of behavioral interventions in women with vasomotor symptoms (n=335), 40-62 years old from three clinical study sites.
interventions12-weeks of a yoga program, designed specifically for mid-life women, or a supervised aerobic exercise-training program with specific intensity and energy expenditure goals, compared to a usual activity group.
main outcome measuresTime and frequency domain HRV measured at baseline and at 12 weeks for 15min using Holter monitors.
resultsWomen had a median of 7.6 vasomotor symptoms per 24h. Time and frequency domain HRV measures did not change significantly in either of the intervention groups compared to the change in the usual activity group. HRV results did not differ when the analyses were restricted to post-menopausal women.
conclusionsAlthough yoga and exercise have been shown to increase parasympathetic-mediated HRV in other populations, neither intervention increased HRV in middle-aged women with vasomotor symptoms. Mixed results in previous research may be due to sample differences. Yoga and exercise likely improve short-term health in middle-aged women through mechanisms other than HRV.
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