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ArticleJournal of pain research2019

Impact of daily yoga-based exercise on pain, catastrophizing, and sleep amongst individuals with fibromyalgia.

Asimina Lazaridou, Alexandra Koulouris, Jaime K Devine, Monika Haack, Robert N Jamison, Robert R Edwards, Kristin L Schreiber

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Asimina LazaridouDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
Alexandra KoulourisDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
Jaime K DevineDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Monika HaackDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Robert N JamisonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1768-0906
Robert R EdwardsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
Kristin L SchreiberDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7361-2214
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread pain disorder characterized by negative affect, sleep disturbance, and fatigue. This uncontrolled pilot study investigated the efficacy of daily yoga-based exercise to improve FM symptoms and explored baseline phenotypic characteristics associated with the greatest benefit.

methodsFM patients (n=46, with 36 completers) reported psychosocial functioning and a range of FM symptoms using validated instruments before and after participation in Satyananda yoga, which included weekly in-person pain-tailored group classes for 6 weeks and daily home yoga video practice.

resultsChanges in FM symptoms from pre- to post-yoga were variable amongst participants. Group means for pain decreased, as reported by average daily diary and Brief Pain Inventory, with greater home practice minutes associated with a greater decrease in pain. Average daily ratings of sleep and fatigue improved. Pain catastrophizing was decreased overall, with greater change correlated to a decrease in FM symptoms. We did not observe any group mean changes in actigraphy sleep efficiency, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-anxiety and the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. Multilevel Modeling analysis revealed a significant interaction between anxiety and catastrophizing for end-study sleep efficiency, fatigue, and pain, such that patients with higher baseline catastrophizing and lower baseline anxiety reported less pain and fatigue, and higher sleep efficiency after the sixth week of yoga practice.

conclusionThis pilot study suggests that yoga may reduce pain and catastrophizing, as well as improve sleep, but these changes were modest across study participants. Greater uptake of home yoga practice as well as a phenotype of higher baseline catastrophizing combined with lower baseline anxiety were associated with greater impact. Future randomized, controlled trials comparing different types of yoga or exercise will allow determination of the most effective treatments for FM and allow closer targeting to the patients who will benefit most from them.

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