Effects of Yogasanas on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Motorwala, Zainab S; Kolke, Sona; Panchal, Priyanka Y; Bedekar, Nilima; Sancheti, Parag; Shyam, Ashok

doi:10.4103/0973-6131.171717

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“…Eighteen potential studies were identified after the screening of titles and abstracts. Following the full text review of suitable articles, 11 studies [17][18][19][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] were included in the present systematic review and meta-analysis, as five did not report the outcomes of interest, one did not include the population of interest and one did not have an intervention design. Further details are presented in Fig 1.…”

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Effectiveness of Pilates and Yoga to improve bone density in adult women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background The ageing population brings about the appearance of age-related health disorders, such as osteoporosis or osteopenia. These disorders are associated with fragility fractures. The impact is greater among postmenopausal women due to an acceleration of bone mineral density (BMD) loss. Objective To estimate the effectiveness of Pilates or Yoga on BMD in adult women. Methods Five electronics databases were searched up to April 2021. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), non-RCTs and pre-post studies were included. The main outcome was BMD. Risk of bias was evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. A random effects model was used to pool data from primary studies. Subgroup analyses based on the type of exercise were conducted. Results Eleven studies including 591 participants aged between 45 and 78 years were included. The mean length of the interventions ranged from 12 to 32 weeks, and two studies were performed for a period of at least one year. The pooled effect size for the effect of the intervention (Pilates/Yoga) vs the control group was 0.07 (95% Confidence interval [CI]: -0.05 to 0.19; I2 = 0.0%), and 0.10 (95% CI: 0.01 to 0.18; I2 = 18.4%) for the secondary analysis of the pre-post intervention. Conclusions Despite of the non-significant results, the BMD maintenance in the postmenopausal population, when BMD detrimental is expected, could be understood as a positive result added to the beneficial impact of Pilates-Yoga in multiple fracture risk factors, including but not limited to, strength and balance.

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“…Characteristics of the studies and the interventions are summarized in Table 1. Among the 11 studies included, five were RCTs (41.7%) [17,18,30,34,35], four were pre-post studies (41.7%) [19,[31][32][33] and two were non-RCTs (16.6%) [36,37].…”

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Effectiveness of Pilates and Yoga to improve bone density in adult women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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“…Bone density might be increased by yoga. Motorwala et al found significant improvement in T-score at women in postmenopause (n = 30), after a half year long yoga intervention [37]. In an other study, 12 minutes daily yoga session for a period of two years caused significant increase in bone mineral density [38].…”

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Yoga Practice for The Elderly: Good Choice to Avoid Falls

Boros¹,

Csala²,

Szilágyi³

2018

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In Western societies the last several years, practicing yoga has really become fashionable and moved from being an auxiliary way to stretch and meditate to being the go to way to improve strength, flexibility, not to mention the positive affective aspects as well. The aim of the present short communication is to highlight the impact yoga has on different areas pertaining quality of life in the elderly population, especially regarding the risks concerning falling.

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“…Combination of series of Yogasanas performed with breathing control and mindfulness have demonstrated reduction in diastolic blood pressure, improved cardiorespiratory fitness, myocardial perfusion, serum cholesterol, upper limb muscle endurance, body flexibility, balance, bone density, and overall positive benefits for weight and physical fitness management. [123456789] However, the effect of individual asanas remains unexplored.…”

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Kinematics of suryanamaskar using three-dimensional motion capture

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Background: Suryanamaskar, a composite yogasana consisting of a sequence of 12-consecutive poses, producing a balance between flexion and extension is known to have positive health benefits for obesity and physical fitness management, upper limb muscle endurance, and body flexibility. However, limited information is available on biomechanical demands of Suryanamaskar, i.e., kinematic and kinetic. Aims: The present study aimed to explore the kinematics of spine, upper, and lower extremity during Suryanamaskar to enhance greater understanding of Suryanamaskar required for safe and precise prescription in the management of musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: Three-dimensional motion capture of Suryanamaskar was performed on 10 healthy trained yoga practitioners with 12-camera Vicon System (Oxford Metrics Group, UK) at a sampling frequency of 100 Hz using 39 retro-reflective markers. Data were processed using plug-in-gait model. Analog data were filtered at 10Hz. Joint angles of the spine, upper, and lower extremities during 12-subsequent poses were computed within Vicon Nexus. Results: Joint motion was largely symmetrical in all poses except pose 4 and 9. The spine moved through a range of 58° flexion to 44° extension. In the lower quadrant, hip moved from 134° flexion to 15° extension, knee flexed to a maximum of 140°, and 3° hyperextension. Ankle moved in a closed kinematic chain through 40° dorsiflexion to 10° plantarflexion. In the upper quadrant, maximum neck extension was76°, shoulder moved through the overhead extension of 183°–56° flexion, elbow through 22°–116° flexion, and wrist from 85° to 3° wrist extension. Conclusions: Alternating wide range of transition between flexion and extension during Suryanamaskar holds potential to increase the mobility of almost all body joints, with stretch on anterior and posterior soft tissues and challenge postural balance mechanisms through a varying base of support.

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Effects of Yogasanas on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Cited by 21 publications

References 18 publications

Effectiveness of Pilates and Yoga to improve bone density in adult women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of Pilates and Yoga to improve bone density in adult women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Yoga Practice for The Elderly: Good Choice to Avoid Falls

Kinematics of suryanamaskar using three-dimensional motion capture

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