SynthesisJournal of general internal medicine2020
Yoga for Treating Headaches: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chiropractic Management of Adults with Cervicogenic or Tension-Type Headaches: Development of a Clinical Practice Guideline.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants Associated with Allergic Diseases in Children: Which Pollutant, When Exposure, and What Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Yoga for Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Depression and anxiety · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of Yoga on patients with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Manual joint mobilisation techniques, supervised physical activity, psychological treatment, acupuncture and patient education for patients with tension-type headache. A systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Pooled it
- Multistrategic Approaches in the Treatment of Acute Migraine During Pregnancy: The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy, Exercise, and Relaxation Techniques.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
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- Exploring yoga adherence, experiences, future preferences and barriers in the medical university community, a 6-week study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Non-pharmacological approaches for migraine management: a mini-review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Hallmarks of primary headache: part 2- Tension-type headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
- Advances in Migraine Treatment: A Comprehensive Clinical Review.Current protein & peptide science · 2025Review
- Dry eye disease and psychosomatics-benefits of mind-body therapy for dry eye disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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- New perspectives on migraine treatment: a review of the mechanisms and effects of complementary and alternative therapies.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Opioid use disorder and role of yoga as an adjunct in management (OUDARYAM): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Wellcome open research · 2024Article
- [Yoga as an intervention for chronic pain].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Review
- Role of Yoga as Adjunctive Therapy for Migraines: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2023Review
- 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
- Multimodal non-invasive non-pharmacological therapies for chronic pain: mechanisms and progress.BMC medicine · 2023Review
- How Does Meditation-Based Lifestyle Modification Affect Pain Intensity, Pain Self-Efficacy, and Quality of Life in Chronic Pain Patients? An Experimental Single-Case Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundHeadache disorders are currently the sixth leading cause of disability across the globe and therefore carry a significant disease burden. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to investigate the effects of yoga on headache disorders.
methodsMEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO were screened through May 2019. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included when they assessed the effects of yoga in patients with a diagnosis of chronic or episodic headache (tension-type headache and/or migraine). Usual care (no specific treatment) or any active treatments were acceptable as control interventions. Primary outcome measures were headache frequency, headache duration, and pain intensity. For each outcome, standardized mean differences (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated.
resultsMeta-analysis revealed a statistically significant overall effect in favor of yoga for headache frequency (5 RCTs; standardized mean difference (SMD) = - 1.97; 95% confidence interval (CI) - 2.75 to - 1.20; I DISCUSSION: Despite discussed limitations, this review found preliminary evidence of short-term efficacy of yoga in improving headache frequency, headache duration, and pain intensity in patients suffering from tension-type headaches. Further studies are urgently needed to draw deeper conclusions from the available results.
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