Findings reveal a lack of reporting of intervention details , the need to report a disease-specific rationale for selection of the particular yoga style used for the intervention , and that a limited number of yoga styles have been investigated in persons with fibromyalgia
OBJECTIVE The objective of this article was to present a methodology incorporating existing guidelines and tools for systematic review s and to evaluate the Delphi survey 33 key component recommendations of yoga interventions for musculoskeletal conditions as a tool for a systematic review in fibromyalgia studies .
Effects of yoga and the addition of Tui Na in patients with fibromyalgia.
OBJECTIVES This study aim ed to verify whether techniques of yoga with and without the addition of Tui Na might improve pain and the negative impact of fibromyalgia ( FMS ) on patients ' daily life . DESIGN Forty ( 40 ) FMS women were r and omized into two groups , Relaxing Yoga ( RY ) and Relaxing Yoga plus Touch ( RYT ) , for eight weekly sessions of stretching , breathing , and relaxing yogic techniques . RYT patients were further su bmi tted to manipulative techniques of Tui Na . OUTCOME MEASURE Outcome measures comprised the Fibromyalgia Impact Question naire ( FIQ ) , pain threshold at the 18 FMS tender points , and a verbal graduation of pain assessed before treatment and on the followup . The visual analog scale ( VAS ) for pain was assessed before and after each session and on the follow-up . RESULTS Seventeen ( 17 ) RYT and 16 RY patients completed the study . Both RY and RYT groups showed improvement in the FIQ and VAS scores , which decreased on all sessions . The RYT group showed lower VAS and verbal scores for pain on the eighth session , but this difference was not maintained on the follow-up . Conversely , RY VAS and verbal scores were significantly lower just on the follow-up . CONCLUSIONS These study results showed that yogic techniques are valid therapeutic methods for FMS . Touch addition yielded greater improvement during the treatment . Over time , however , RY patients reported less pain than RYT . These results suggest that a passive therapy may possibly decrease control over FMS symptoms
Findings reveal a lack of reporting of intervention details , the need to report a disease-specific rationale for selection of the particular yoga style used for the intervention , and that a limited number of yoga styles have been investigated in persons with fibromyalgia
OBJECTIVE The objective of this article was to present a methodology incorporating existing guidelines and tools for systematic review s and to evaluate the Delphi survey 33 key component recommendations of yoga interventions for musculoskeletal conditions as a tool for a systematic review in fibromyalgia studies .