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Research on Yoga for
Arthritis
Carol's pick:
Kolasinski
SL, Garfinkel M, Tsai AG, Matz W, Van Dyke A., Schumacher HR. Iyengar yoga
for treating symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knees: a pilot study. (Conclusion:
. . . yoga may provide a feasible treatment option for previously yoga-naive,
obese patients over 50 years of age and offers potential reductions in
pain and disability caused by knee osteoarthritis.)
Other research links:
Haaz, S. et al. The effect of yoga on
clinical parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Abstract
presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific
Meeting, San Francisco, Oct. 25-29, 208. (Conclusion: After eight weeks of
yoga, participants "had significantly fewer tender and swollen joints than
they did before starting class." As reported in the Nov.-Dec. 20-08 issue
of Research Update, a publiction of the Arthritis
Foundation.
Dash
M, Telles S.Improvement in hand grip strength in normal volunteers and
rheumatoid arthritis patients following yoga training. Indian J Physiol
Pharmacol. 2001 Jul;45(3):355-60. PMID: 11881576
Garfinkel
M, Schumacher HR Jr. Yoga. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2000 Feb;26(1):125-32,
x. PMID: 10680200
Garfinkel
MS, Schumacher HR Jr, Husain A, Levy M, Reshetar RA. Evaluation of a yoga
based regimen for treatment of osteoarthritis of the hands.
J
Rheumatol. 1994 Dec;21(12):2341-3. PMID: 7699639
Haslock
I, Monro R, Nagarathna R, Nagendra HR, Raghuram NV. Measuring the effects
of yoga in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol. 1994 Aug;33(8):787-8.
PMID: 8055212
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