title: Impact of Yoga Nidra on menstrual abnormalities in females of reproductive age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to observe the effect of Yoga Nidra practice on hormone levels in patients who had menstrual irregularities.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was a randomized controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India. SUBJECTS were divided randomly into 2 groups-an intervention and a control group, with 75 subjects in each group. Of these subjects, 126 completed the study protocol.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study involved 150 subjects with menstrual irregularities; 126 of whom completed the protocol.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intervention was the practice of Yoga Nidra. The yogic intervention duration was 35-40 minutes/day, five times/week for 6 months. An estimation of hormonal profile was done for both groups at baseline and after 6 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thyroid-stimulating hormone (p<0.002), follicle-stimulating hormone (p<0.02), luteinizing hormone (p<0.001), and prolactin (p<0.02) were decreased significantly in the intervention group, compared with the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study demonstrated the efficacy of Yoga Nidra on hormone profiles in patients with menstrual irregularities. Yoga Nidra practice was helpful in patients with hormone imbalances, such as dysmenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, and hypomenorrhea.
authors: 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University , Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India .
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Rani
authors: Uma
authors: U
authors: Singh
authors: Girdhar Gopal
authors: GG
authors: Agrawal
authors: Shankar Madhav
authors: SM
authors: Natu
authors: Sarswati
authors: S
authors: Kala
authors: Archana
authors: A
authors: Ghildiyal
authors: Neena
authors: N
authors: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior / Q000097:blood; D015013:Yoga; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D010908:Pituitary Hormones, Anterior