Yoga for asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Cramer, Holger ^a   Posadzki, Paul ^b,c   Dobos, Gustav ^a   Langhorst, Jost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATHING EXERCISES; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CHILD; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901444610     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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