Effects of an integrated approach of hatha yoga therapy on functional disability, pain, and flexibility in osteoarthritis of the knee joint: A randomized controlled study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-472

  Ebnezar, John ^a   Nagarathna, Raghuram ^b   Yogitha, Bali ^a   Nagendra, Hongasandra Ramarao ^b  

^a Parimala Specialty Hospital   (India)

^b Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation (SVYASA)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREPITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT SWELLING; JOINT TENDERNESS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RELAXATION TRAINING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WALKING PAIN; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; EDEMA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOGA;

EID: 84862073479     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0320     Document Type: Article

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