Yoga for epilepsy: methodological issues.
This article deals with the methodological issues that might be encountered in designing and conducting a randomized controlled study of the efficacy of yoga in the treatment of epilepsy. Methodological issues relating to patient selection, randomization, blinding, type of intervention, outcome measures and analysis are highlighted.
Ramaratnam
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Apollo Hospital, Madras, 600006, India. rsridharan@vsnl.com
D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D015013:Yoga