Efficacy of yoga for vasomotor symptoms: A randomized controlled trial

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-346

  Newton, Katherine M ^a   Reed, Susan D ^b   Guthrie, Katherine A ^c   Sherman, Karen J ^a   Booth Laforce, Cathryn ^d   Caan, Bette ^e   Sternfeld, Barbara ^e   Carpenter, Janet S ^f   Learman, Lee A ^g   Freeman, Ellen W ^h   Cohen, Lee S ⁱ   Joffe, Hadine ⁱ   Anderson, Garnet L ^c   Larson, Joseph C ^c   Hunt, Julie R ^c   Ensrud, Kristine E ^j,k   Lacroix, Andrea Z ^c  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical Trials Network; Hot flashes; Meditation; Menopause; Vasomotor symptoms; Yoga

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; YOGA; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HOT FLASHES; MEDITATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84897503614     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31829e4baa     Document Type: Article

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