ReviewDigestive diseases and sciences2020
Yoga as a Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Review in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of different exercise interventions on clinical outcomes of irritable bowel syndrome and their potential mechanisms: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Physical activity for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Experiences of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients in a Virtual Yoga Program: Qualitative Findings from a Clinical Trial.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Trial
- A Previous History of Endometriosis Elevates Irritable Bowel Syndrome Risk in Middle-Aged and Older Women: A UK Biobank Cohort Study of 225,703 Participants.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- What are we learning with Yoga? Mapping the scientific literature on Yoga using a vector-text-mining approach.PloS one · 2025Article
- Chronic Abdominal Pain in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Remission: A Continuing Challenge for Clinicians.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Review
- A primer for the gastroenterology provider on psychosocial assessment of patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2024Review
- Yoga in Pediatric Gastroenterology.Current gastroenterology reports · 2024Review
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- Take a Deep Breath and Keep Your Video On: Can Virtual Yoga Help IBS?Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
- Gastroenterologist and Patient Attitudes Toward Yoga as a Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Functional Implications and Clinical Potential of MicroRNAs in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Concise Review.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Review
- Meditation and yoga for irritable bowel syndrome: study protocol for a randomised clinical trial (MY-IBS study).BMJ open · 2022Article
- Yoga in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Narrative Review.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2022Article
- The role of mind body interventions in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Illness perception and health care use in individuals with irritable bowel syndrome: results from an online survey.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Retracted: Exploring the microbiome and mindfulness connection.Future science OA · 2020Review
- Effect of Pilates exercises on symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in women: a randomized controlled trial.Archives of physiotherapyArticle
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
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Abstract
The aim of this state-of-the-art narrative review is to evaluate the current evidence about the effectiveness of yoga as therapy for IBS and explore its potential mechanisms of action. The current literature suggests yoga is effective and safe and may target multiple mechanisms involved in treatment of IBS. Evidence from randomized controlled trials identified yoga as more effective compared to pharmacological treatment and equally effective as dietary interventions or moderate-intensity walking. Improvements were seen in both physical health (IBS symptom severity, gastric motility, autonomic and somatic symptom scores, and physical functioning) and mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, gastrointestinal-specific anxiety, and quality of life). Given favorable changes in IBS-related physical and mental health outcomes, preliminary data supports yoga as beneficial in this population. However, the relatively low-quality evidence resulting from heterogeneity of study designs, interventions, and outcome measures limit our ability to make specific recommendations about the use of yoga as therapy for patients with IBS.
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