Trial reportIntegrative cancer therapies
Effects of Vigorous Versus Restorative Yoga Practice on Objective Cognition Functions in Sedentary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
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Yoga Practice for Breast or Ovarian Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mapping self-awareness of cancer-related cognitive impairment: a scoping review of evidence, methods, and neurobiological correlates.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Integrative Oncology for Biochemical Recurrence of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.Current oncology reports · 2026Review
- Review
- Characterization of cancer survivors clustered by subjective and objective cognitive function scores.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Bibliometric Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Yoga Interventions for Cancer Patients: A Decade in Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Testing the impact of hatha yoga on task switching: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeMany cancer survivors experience cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI). We conducted a randomized controlled pilot trial of 2 types of yoga practice and evaluated their effects on participants' objective cognitive function.
methodsSedentary breast or ovarian cancer survivors were randomized to practice either restorative yoga (with more meditative practice and minimal physical exertion) or vigorous yoga (with considerable physical exertion and minimal meditative practice) in 60-minute supervised sessions 3 times a week for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of home practice. We used the NIH Toolbox Cognition Domain to evaluate participants at baseline, week 12, and week 24.
resultsWe enrolled 35 participants. For women in the restorative yoga group, overall cognitive function was statistically significantly improved at weeks 12 and 24 compared to baseline (
conclusionsPatients who participated in yoga practice demonstrated improvement in objective cognitive function over time. Restorative yoga may be more effective in improving fluid cognitive function at week 24 when compared to vigorous yoga. These promising findings should be confirmed in definitive studies.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov; NCT02305498 (Date Registered: December 2, 2014).
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