title: Effectiveness of Group Versus Individual Yoga Exercises on Fatigue of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multiple sclerosis disorders poses heavy physical and emotional effect on patients who are associated with the disease.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of individual versus group exercises on fatigue on patients with multiple sclerosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this clinical trial, 85 patients with multiple sclerosis were divided in two groups of individualized exercise and team exercise. The intervention was conducted for 6 weeks and comprised of mild stretching and basic yoga exercises twice a day. The data were collected through demographic questionnaire, standard fatigue scale and self-reported checklist. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean levels of fatigue perception after the intervention in group exercise was 27.9 ± 15.9 and 27.1 ± 17.2 in individual exercise. There was no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). Statistically significant difference was observed in the mean level of perceived fatigue in triplicate measurements (P = 0.013) among patients who completed individual exercise. However, this difference was not significant in the group exercise.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Performing mild stretching exercises and basic yoga are recommended as a cost-effective method which is easy to perform among patients with mild to moderate disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Soheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karbandi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali Heidari
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gorji
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Seed Reza
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mazloum
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norian
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors.forename: Naiereh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aghaei
keywords: Exercise; Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Rehabilitation