AUTHOR=Deepeshwar Singh , Tanwar Monika , Kavuri Vijaya , Budhi Rana B. 

TITLE=Effect of Yoga Based Lifestyle Intervention on Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00180

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00180

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Objective:</bold> To investigate the effect of integrated approach of yoga therapy (IAYT) intervention in individual with knee Osteoarthritis.</p><p><bold>Design:</bold> Randomized controlled clincial trail.</p><p><bold>Participants:</bold> Sixty-six individual prediagnosed with knee osteoarthritis aged between 30 and 75 years were randomized into two groups, i.e., Yoga (<italic>n</italic> = 31) and Control (<italic>n</italic> = 35). Yoga group received IAYT intervention for 1 week at yoga center of S-VYASA whereas Control group maintained their normal lifestyle.</p><p><bold>Outcome measures:</bold> The Falls Efficacy Scale (FES), Handgrip Strength test (left hand LHGS and right hand RHGS), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), Sit-to-Stand (STS), and right &amp; left extension and flexion were measured on day 1 and day 7.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> There were a significant reduction in TUG (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001), Right (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001), and Left Flexion (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001) whereas significant improvements in LHGS (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.01), and right extension (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05) &amp; left extension (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001) from baseline in Yoga group.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> IAYT practice showed an improvement in TUG, STS, HGS, and Goniometer test, which suggest improved muscular strength, flexibility, and functional mobility.</p><p>CTRI Registration Number: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials</ext-link>, identifier CTRI/2017/10/010141.</p>