Yoga as an Adjunctive Intervention for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Scoping Review.

Joseph A Roche, Sandeep K Subramanian, Vasanthan Rajagopalan, Matthew Chase, Mohan Ganesan

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Review in International journal of yoga. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Joseph A RocheDepartment of Health Care Sciences, Physical Therapy Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, CA, USA.

Sandeep K SubramanianDepartment of Physical Therapy, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, CA, USA.

Vasanthan RajagopalanDepartment of Physical Therapy, The Oxford College of Physiotherapy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Matthew ChaseLibrary Department, Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, CA, USA.

Mohan GanesanPhysical Therapy Program, College of Rehabilitative Sciences, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, San Marcos, CA, USA.

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Abstract

This scoping review aimed to explore and summarize the published evidence on yoga as an adjunctive intervention to standard rehabilitative care for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). A comprehensive literature search was conducted across five databases - PubMed/MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, ProQuest Health and Medicine Collection, Web of Science Core Collection, and CINAHL - using the terms "Duchenne muscular dystrophy" (or DMD) and "yoga." Studies were included if they (1) were published between January 2000 and December 2024; (2) involved participants with DMD; (3) examined yoga as an intervention; (4) were peer-reviewed; and (5) were published in English. We used a standardized data extraction form to capture study characteristics, including authorship, publication year, sample size, participant demographics, intervention details, outcome measures, and main results. We assessed study quality with the Modified Downs and Black Checklist (MDBC). Six studies met the inclusion criteria. Five were rated as having fair quality (MDBC score: 15-17/28), and one was rated as having poor quality (MDBC score: 3/28). Yoga interventions incorporated

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Adjunctive interventionDuchenne muscular dystrophyfunctional measuresmobilityquality of liferehabilitationrespiratory functionyoga

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PMID42553713

DOI10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_64_25

PMCPMC13436612

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