title: Effects of Yogasanas on osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Osteoporosis is commonly encountered by postmenopausal women. There is an increased need for a low cost and efficient treatment alternative to address this population.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the effects of integrated yoga on bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental pre-post study conducted in a community setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 females in the age group of 45-62 years suffering from postmenopausal osteoporosis with a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) score of ≤-2.5 underwent a 6 months fully supervised yoga session. All the participants completed the study. Pretraining and posttraining BMD was calculated.
  
  
  METHODS
  DEXA score at the lumbar spine.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was statistically analyzed using paired t-test to see the significance of pretraining and posttraining effects of a yoga session.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Improvement in T-score of DEXA scan of -2.55 ± 0.25 at posttraining as compared to a pretraining score of -2.69 ± 0.17.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Integrated yoga is a safe mode of physical activity which includes weight bearing as well as not weight bearing asanas, Pranayama, and suryanamaskar, all of which helps induce improvement in BMD in postmenopausal osteoporotic females.
authors: Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Zainab S
authors: ZS
authors: Motorwala
authors: Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Sona
authors: S
authors: Kolke
authors: Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Priyanka Y
authors: PY
authors: Panchal
authors: Department of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Nilima S
authors: NS
authors: Bedekar
authors: Department of Orthopedics, Sancheti Institute of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Parag K
authors: PK
authors: Sancheti
authors: Department of Orthopedics, Sancheti Institute of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Ashok
authors: A
authors: Shyam
keywords: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-scan; menopause; osteoporosis; yogasanas