Yoga for asthma? A systematic review of randomized clinical trials

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 632-639

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Complementary and alternative medicine; Effectiveness; Review

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOGA;

ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 79960517756     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2011.584358     Document Type: Review

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