Effect of yogic package on rheumatoid arthritis.
This study aimed at studying the effect of yogic package (YP) with some selected pranayama, cleansing practices and meditation on pain intensity, inflammation, stiffness, pulse rate (PR), blood pressure (BP), lymphocyte count (LC), C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum uric acid (UA) level among subjects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Randomized control group design was employed to generate pre and post data on participants and controls. Repealed Measure ANOVAs with Bonferroni adjustment were applied to check significant overall difference among pre and post means of participants and controls by using PASW (SPSS Inc. 18th Version). Observed result favored statistically significant positive effect of YP on selected RA parameters and symptoms under study at P<0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively that showed remarkable improvement in RA severity after 40-day practice of YP. It concluded that YP is a significant means to reduce intensity of RA.
School of Yoga and Health, Dev Sanskriti University, Shantikunj, Haridwar - 249 411, India.
Vijay Kumar
VK
Singh
R B
RB
Bhandari
Budhi Bal
BB
Rana
D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015013:Yoga
D002097:C-Reactive Protein