A PubMed-Based Exploration of the Course of Yoga Research from 1948 to 2020

Background: There is growing evidence and increasing interest for systemic integration of medicine (synergistic and evidence-based combination of different systems along with conventional biomedicine). The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), an Institute of National Importance and a tertiary mental and neurological healthcare hospital situated in Bengaluru, India, has established one such integrative model. The present manuscript traces the history and describes the important steps followed in this integrative approach. Methodology: The NIMHANS model followed a stage-wise two-step approach: (1) First stage – Starting with Integration of Yoga: The process began more than a decade ago, with integrating yoga into a clinical department (rather than an exclusive research-based approach) of the institute which had relatively high clinical service load (For example, Department of Psychiatry in NIMHANS). Yoga was gradually formalized into academic and clinical activities (outpatient and inpatient services) by appointing a Yoga faculty with a medical background with an MD/PhD in Yoga. The research was primarily directed by the clinical observations of patients receiving yoga therapy. (2) Second stage: Adding an appropriate and compatible discipline from Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) system (Ayurveda in this case): The center for yoga gradually evolved into the Department of Integrative Medicine with the appointment of faculty from the Ayurveda stream. In this model, specialists from each discipline provide clinical inputs after simultaneous consultation with the patient through systemic integration in clinical, academic, and research domains rather than mere co-location of AYUSH services with mainstream medicine. Conclusion: The NIMHANS model of integration suggests the application of yoga into mainstream clinical service as the first step toward integration. Yoga should be added as a formalized clinical discipline with systemic integration. Gradually, other feasible systems of traditional medicine from AYUSH can be integrated at a later stage in a step-by-step manner based on clinical practice and evidence.

Section: The Nimhans Model Of Systemic Integration Of Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Nimhans Model Of Systemic Integration Of Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Nimhans Model Of Systemic Integration Of Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

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Yoga and Integrative Healthcare

Bhargav¹,

Holla²,

Ramakrishna³

et al. 2022

“…Furthermore, there has simultaneously been an increase in research on the effects of yoga practice in the last 10 years which complements the advances in yoga education. [ 10 ] These factors have influenced yoga professionals; hence, as for other professions which have systematized instruction,[ 11 ] yoga professionals are more organized, theoretical, research-minded, and bureaucratic compared to earlier on, before systematizing education in yoga. This change may in turn influence the field of yoga as described here.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivators, Preferences, and Aspirations of University Students about Studying Yoga: A Survey from India

Telles,

Pal,

Gandharva

et al. 2023

Introduction: University students’ motivators and preferences for yoga as their course of study can influence their future as yoga instructors and therapists. Materials and Methods: Six hundred and thirty-six students of both genders (251:385, male: female) from four North Indian universities offering graduate and postgraduate courses in yoga were the respondents to a convenience sampling survey about their preferences and motivators. Results: The three most common reasons why students chose to study yoga were (i) “I can help many people through knowledge of yoga” (32.2%), (ii) “I will become a better person by studying yoga” (21.9%), and (iii) “I find yoga interesting” (18.9%). After completion of the course, most students wished (i) “to study another course in yoga” (28.8%), (ii) “to work in yoga and education in a university” (17.5%), and (iii) “to work in yoga and research” (14.3%). Students appreciated positive effects which they attributed to yoga (e.g. good health, feeling peaceful, and positive behavior changes). Conclusion: Students did not like regulations such as early wakening and dietary restrictions. The available information about the scope, benefits, safety considerations, and requirements of yoga can help student aspirants make an informed choice about their future careers. Students of yoga can be further motivated by evidence informed interactive sessions.

“…The earliest scientific literature from PubMed databases is from 1948. [ 4 5 ] From 1948 to 2021, a total of 6628 articles were published in PubMed with the term “yoga,” and 75.9% of these researches have been published in the last decade. There are multiple reasons to substantiate this recent exponential increase in yoga publications: (1) its popularity as a low-cost, non-pharmacological health promotion and stress management tool, (2) global shift toward integrative approaches in medicine and focus on prevention, (3) global interest in using yoga as a tool to connect people, and (4) rising support from international and national research agencies and scholarly interest.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Yoga Module Development and Validation

Jagannathan

Katla

Ramsahaye

et al. 2022

In the past decades, more than fifty different yoga styles have been implemented in the therapeutic context to manage various diseases. Yet, not all of these yoga styles have been validated or standardized as a program. The aim of this article is to review the different methodologies used for yoga module development and to assess their quality. Three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) were searched using the following keywords and Boolean operators: (validation OR development OR design) AND (yoga OR mind-body) AND (module OR protocol OR program). Three thousand six hundred and seventy-one articles were enlisted, and based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 37 articles were narrowed down for review. Since no checklist exists to assess the quality of yoga modules, the authors designed a 23-item checklist to categorize each having low, medium, or high quality. As per the yoga module quality checklist, only 21.6% of the studies had high quality, while 75.3% of the articles had medium quality and 8.11% had low quality. A commonly used development method was literature review, while for validation, experts' scoring of the Likert scale was the preferred means. The feasibility of the module was carried out only by half of the studies. Few diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, Parkinson's disease, and obesity had more than one yoga module developed. The findings of this systematic review have shed some light on the growing need for standardized methods of yoga module development. The 23-item checklist can guide researchers in the homogeneous development strategies when designing yoga interventions in the future.