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ArticleInternational journal of yoga

Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Santwana Mondal, Brajanath Kundu, Sukanta Saha

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Article in International journal of yoga. 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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12citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Santwana MondalDepartment of Physical Education, Kandra Radha Kanta Kundu Mahavidyalaya, Kandra, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Brajanath KunduDepartment of Physical Education, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
Sukanta SahaDepartment of Physical Education, Memari College, Memari, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Visva-Bharati University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to investigate the effects of 12 weeks yogic intervention on blood sugar and lipid profile in elder women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). SUBJECTS AND

methodsTwenty elderly (age range 55-70 years) T2DM women were divided into two groups, namely, yogic intervention group (YIG:

resultsThere was a significant (

conclusionIt can be said that yogic intervention may have the beneficial effects on blood sugar and lipid profile in elderly women with T2DM.

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Asanablood sugarbody mass indexlipid profilepranayama

Identifiers

PMID29755222
PMCPMC5934948
OpenAlexW2801003088

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