Are There Benefits from Teaching Yoga at Schools? A Systematic Review of Randomized Control Trials of Yoga-Based Interventions

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ferreira Vorkapic, C ^a,b,c   Feitoza, J M ^b   Marchioro, M ^a   Simoes J ^a   Kozasa, E ^d,e   Telles, S ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b Department of Psychology FASE UNESA   (Brazil)

^c Trika Research Center   (Thailand)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f PATANJALI RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MINDFULNESS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YOGA;

EID: 84944199042     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/345835     Document Type: Review

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