PMID- 23300142
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140812
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 1557-0681 (Electronic)
IS  - 1478-2189 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - Yoga for functional ability, pain and psychosocial outcomes in musculoskeletal 
      conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
PG  - 203-17
LID - 10.1002/msc.1042 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Musculoskeletal conditions (MSCs) are the leading cause of disability 
      and chronic pain in the developed world, impacting both functional ability and 
      psychosocial health. The current review investigates the effectiveness of yoga on 
      primary outcomes of functional ability, pain and psychosocial outcomes across a 
      range of MSCs. METHODS: A comprehensive search of 20 databases was conducted for 
      full-text, randomized controlled trials of yoga in clinically diagnosed MSCs. 
      RESULT: Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria, involving 1,626 
      participants with low back pain (LBP), osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis 
      (RA), kyphosis or fibromyalgia. Studies were quality rated, and analysed for the 
      effect of yoga on primary outcomes, immediately post-intervention. Twelve studies 
      were rated as good quality. Yoga interventions resulted in a clinically 
      significant improvement in functional outcomes in mild-to-moderate LBP and 
      fibromyalgia, and showed a trend to improvement in kyphosis. Yoga significantly 
      improved pain in OA, RA and mild-to-severe LBP. Psychosocial outcomes were 
      significantly improved in mild-to-moderate LBP and OA. Meta-analysis of 
      good-quality studies showed a moderate treatment effect for yoga of -0.64 (95%CI 
      -0.89 to -0.39) for functional outcomes and -0.61 (95%CI -0.97 to -0.26) for pain 
      outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence suggests that yoga is an acceptable and safe 
      intervention, which may result in clinically relevant improvements in pain and 
      functional outcomes associated with a range of MSCs. Future analysis of outcomes 
      which take into account the amount of yoga received by participants may provide 
      insight into any putative duration or dosage effects of yoga interventions for 
      MSCs.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
FAU - Ward, Lesley
AU  - Ward L
AD  - Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, 
      Dunedin, New Zealand.
FAU - Stebbings, Simon
AU  - Stebbings S
FAU - Cherkin, Daniel
AU  - Cherkin D
FAU - Baxter, G David
AU  - Baxter GD
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Meta-Analysis
PT  - Review
PT  - Systematic Review
DEP - 20130109
PL  - England
TA  - Musculoskeletal Care
JT  - Musculoskeletal care
JID - 101181344
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Low Back Pain/psychology/*therapy
MH  - Musculoskeletal Diseases/psychology/*therapy
MH  - Psychology
MH  - *Recovery of Function
MH  - *Yoga
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - musculoskeletal conditions
OT  - systematic review
OT  - yoga
EDAT- 2013/01/10 06:00
MHDA- 2014/08/13 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/10 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/08/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/msc.1042 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Musculoskeletal Care. 2013 Dec;11(4):203-17. doi: 10.1002/msc.1042. Epub 2013 Jan 
      9.