Effect of yoga on menopausal symptoms

Menopause International

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 78-81

  Joshi, Sulabha ^a,b   Khandwe, Rambhau ^b   Bapat, Dinesh ^b   Deshmukh, Ujwala ^b  

^a NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Janardan Swami Yogabhyasi Mandal   (India)

Author keywords

Asana; Meditation; MRS score; Pranayam; Subscales; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VAGINAL DRYNESS; YOGA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 80052714189     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: 17404568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/mi.2011.011020     Document Type: Article

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