Yoga decreases insomnia in postmenopausal women: A randomized clinical trial

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-193

  Afonso, Rui Ferreira ^a   Hachul, Helena ^a   Kozasa, Elisa Harumi ^a,b   De Souza Oliveira, Denise ^a   Goto, Viviane ^a   Rodrigues, Dinah ^c   Tufik, Sérgio ^a   Leite, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^c International Yoga Teachers Association   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Postmenopause; Sleep disorders; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL HEALTH; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; STRETCHING; YOGA;

AGED; ANXIETY; CLIMACTERIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; YOGA;

EID: 84856537054     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318228225f     Document Type: Article

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