title: Feasibility study: the effect of therapeutic yoga on quality of life in children hospitalized with cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the effect of therapeutic yoga on child and parental reports of quality of life in children hospitalized with oncological diagnoses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six children participated in 5 yoga sessions over 2 months. The PedsQL 4.0 was administered to each child and participating parent/caregivers at baseline and after completion of the yoga intervention. The Wilcoxon nonparametric rank test measured individual differences over time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences (P < .05) were found in child perception of gross motor function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These feasibility study data suggest that therapeutic yoga positively affected child perception of gross motor function measured on the PedsQL 4.0. Further studies are needed, including a randomized control trial and with a larger number of participants, to clarify and confirm the effect of therapeutic yoga.
authors.affiliation: Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geyer
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lyons
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amazeen
authors.forename: Lisha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alishio
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cooks
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital; D010372:Pediatrics; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015013:Yoga