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ReviewComplementary therapies in clinical practice2023

Yoga for COVID-19: An ancient practice for a new condition - A literature review.

Denise Capela Santos, Sónia Jaconiano, Sofia Macedo, Filipa Ribeiro, Sara Ponte, Paula Soares, Paula Boaventura

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Review in Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Denise Capela SantosESESFM - Escola Superior de Enfermagem S. Francisco das Misericórdias, Lisboa, Portugal.
Sónia JaconianoEAAD - School of Architecture Art and Design, University of Minho, 4800, Guimarães, Portugal.
Sofia MacedoIPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Filipa RibeiroIPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Sara PonteIndependent Researcher, Portugal.
Paula SoaresIPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal; FMUP - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Paula BoaventuraIPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal; FMUP - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: mboaventura@ipatimup.pt.
Universidade do Porto · PTEscola Superior de Enfermagem S. Francisco das Misericórdias · PTUniversity of Minho · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A substantial proportion of people with acute COVID-19 develop post-COVID-19 condition (previously known as long-COVID) characterized by symptoms that persist for months after the initial infection, including neuropsychological sequelae. Post-COVID-19 condition frequency varies greatly according to different studies, with values ranging from 4 to 80% of the COVID-19 patients. Yoga is a psycho-somatic approach that increases physical, mental, emotional and spiritual strength, and connection. Yoga practice enhances innate immunity and mental health, so it can be used as complementary therapy in the COVID-19 treatment, namely the post-COVID-19 condition. In this article, we conducted a literature review on yoga and COVID-19, finding that an intervention comprising asana, pranayama, and meditation may be a strategy of choice for these patients' recovery. However, further studies are needed to show its effectiveness in this, still unknown, context.

Indexed as

COVID-19MeditationYogaCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeCOVID-19Mind-body therapyPost-COVID-19 conditionYoga

Identifiers

PMID36525872
PMCPMC9744485
OpenAlexW4311400677

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