PMID- 36395635
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230124
LR  - 20230202
IS  - 1873-6947 (Electronic)
IS  - 1744-3881 (Linking)
VI  - 50
DP  - 2023 Feb
TI  - Tele-yoga in the management of ankylosing spondylitis amidst COVID pandemic: A 
      prospective randomized controlled trial.
PG  - 101672
LID - S1744-3881(22)00140-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101672 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) signficantly affect day to day activities 
      contributing to signficant disability. Patients with AS often report to have 
      psychological problems and poor quality of life (QoL). This study investigates 
      the effect of a three-month tele-yogic intervention on disease activity, 
      functional index, inflammatory markers, quality of life and mental health 
      measures in patients with AS. METHODS: One hundred and twenty AS patients were 
      assigned to either the yoga intervention group (YG) or the control group (CG). 
      The YG (n = 57) received a 60-min structured yoga module online for 3 months in 
      addition to standard medical care. The CG participants (n = 52) received only 
      standard care during the same period. Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease 
      Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), 
      Ankylosing Spondylitis-Quality of Life (ASQOL) and psychological and inflammatory 
      biomarkers were assessed at baseline and after three months. RESULTS: YG showed 
      significant improvement in BASDAI (p = 0.001), anxiety (p = 0.0004), and 
      depression (p = 0.001) at three months compared to baseline. The CG showed no 
      significant change in similar outcome measures. At three months, the intervention 
      resulted in a significant improvement in BASDI (-0.79; 95% CI (-1.3, to -0.29); 
      p = 0.0021), BASFI (-0.86, 95% CI (-1.59, to -0.14); p = 0.0193), anxiety (-0.42, 
      95% CI (-0.84 to -0.01), p = 0.0468), and AS-QoL (-3.37; 95% CI (-5.21 to 1.53); 
      p = 0.0004) compared to the CG. CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests that yoga 
      helps improve pain, functional index, and mental health in patients with AS. 
      Tele-yoga intervention is feasible and effective in treating AS.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - Singh, Jyoti
AU  - Singh J
AD  - Division of Yoga & Life Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthan, #19 Eknath 
      Bhavan, Gavipuram circle, K G Nagar, Bengaluru, 560019, India. Electronic 
      address: raahisingh16042014@gmail.com.
FAU - Metri, Kashinath
AU  - Metri K
AD  - Department of Yoga, Central University of Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: 
      kgmhetre@gmail.com.
FAU - Tekur, Padmini
AU  - Tekur P
AD  - Division of Yoga & Life Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthan, #19 Eknath 
      Bhavan, Gavipuram circle, K G Nagar, Bengaluru, 560019, India. Electronic 
      address: padmini.tekur@svyasa.edu.in.
FAU - Mohanty, Sriloy
AU  - Mohanty S
AD  - Centers for Integrative Medicine and Research, All India Institute of Medical 
      Sciences, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: sriloy21@aiims.ac.in.
FAU - Singh, Amit
AU  - Singh A
AD  - Division of Yoga & Life Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthan, #19 Eknath 
      Bhavan, Gavipuram circle, K G Nagar, Bengaluru, 560019, India. Electronic 
      address: dramit@svyasa.edu.in.
FAU - Raghuram, Nagaratna
AU  - Raghuram N
AD  - Division of Yoga & Life Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Samsthan, #19 Eknath 
      Bhavan, Gavipuram circle, K G Nagar, Bengaluru, 560019, India. Electronic 
      address: rnagarathana@svyasa.edu.in.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
DEP - 20221022
PL  - England
TA  - Complement Ther Clin Pract
JT  - Complementary therapies in clinical practice
JID - 101225531
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Spondylitis, Ankylosing/therapy
MH  - Quality of Life/psychology
MH  - *Yoga
MH  - Pandemics
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *COVID-19
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - And meditation
OT  - Autoimmune disease
OT  - Mind-body medicine
OT  - Pain
OT  - Rheumatology
OT  - Yoga
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/11/18 06:00
MHDA- 2023/01/25 06:00
CRDT- 2022/11/17 18:23
PHST- 2022/06/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/09/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/10/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/11/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/01/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/17 18:23 [entrez]
AID - S1744-3881(22)00140-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101672 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2023 Feb;50:101672. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101672. 
      Epub 2022 Oct 22.