BACKGROUND: Survivors of @entity64 have long-term physical and psychological consequences that impact their quality of life. Few interventions are available in the community to address these problems. Yoga, a type of mindfulness-based intervention, is shown to be effective in @entity1 with other @entity102 and may have the potential to address many of the problems reported by survivors of @entity64 . OBJECTIVES: To date only narrative reviews have been published. We sought to perform, the first systematic review with meta-analyses of @entity23 ( @entity23 ) that investigated yoga for its potential benefit for chronic survivors of @entity64 . METHODS: Ovid Medline, CINHAL plus, AMED, PubMed, PsychINFO, PeDro, Cochrane database, Sport Discuss, and Google Scholar were searched for papers published between January 1950 and August 2016. Reference lists of included papers, review articles and OpenGrey for Grey literature were also searched. We used a modified Cochrane tool to evaluate risk of bias. The methodological quality of @entity23 was assessed using the GRADE approach, results were collated, and random effects meta-analyses performed where appropriate. RESULTS: The search yielded five eligible papers from four @entity23 with small sample sizes (n  =  17-47). Quality of @entity23 was rated as low to moderate. Yoga is beneficial in reducing @entity148 and @entity308 in the intervention group compared to the control group (mean differences for state @entity148 6.05, 95% CI:-0.02 to 12.12; p  =  0.05 and standardized mean differences for @entity308 : 0.50, 95% CI:-0.01 to 1.02; p  =  0.05). Consistent but nonsignificant improvements were demonstrated for balance, trait @entity148 , and overall quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Yoga may be effective for ameliorating some of the long-term consequences of @entity64 . Large well-designed @entity23 are needed to confirm these findings.

Determining the potential benefits of yoga in XXXX care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['people'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic illnesses'] @entity23 :: ('MESH:D007174', 'Disease') :: ['randomized controlled trials', 'RCTs'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['state anxiety symptoms', 'anxiety']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['chronic stroke']
