Trial reportPloS one2023
The effects of a yoga intervention on balance and flexibility in female college students during COVID-19: A randomized controlled trial.
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- Effect of yoga on balance, falls, and bone metabolism: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials in healthy individuals.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025Pooled it
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- The Impact of Prenatal Yoga on Hip Mobility and Delivery Outcomes.International journal of exercise science · 2026Article
- Longitudinal trajectories of physical fitness in Chinese college students: a multi-group latent growth curve analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association between daily movement behaviors and optimal physical fitness of university students: a compositional data analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Effects of Cha-Cha Dance Training on Physical-Fitness-Related Indicators of Hearing-Impaired Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Yoga For Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of Prospective Clinical Studies.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
Female college students are more likely to have a strong stress response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which seriously affects their health and merits greater attention. The present study is a randomized controlled trial carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore whether a yoga intervention could have a positive impact on balance and flexibility and be the primary form of home exercise for female college students in China. Forty female college students were randomly selected for the study. After 16 weeks of yoga intervention, the ability of the yoga group to balance on one leg improved by 5.35 seconds (using the single-limb stance test) and 5.7 seconds (using the Romberg test). The flexibility of the lower back and legs increased by 3.5 cm (using the sit and reach test), and the flexibility of the groin and hip increased by 6 cm (using the Splits test). The balance ability and flexibility of the control group before and after the experiment were not significantly different (p>0.05). These results suggest that during the COVID-19 outbreak when access to public facilities was limited, a yoga intervention could have a positive impact on health and be the main form of home exercise for female college students. Schools and government departments could design online yoga classes to encourage individuals to actively participate in yoga to stay healthy.
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