title: An Examination of a Yoga Intervention With Pediatric Burn Survivors.
abstract: Burn injuries have a major influence on the survivors' physical and psychological functioning. In pediatric burns, the consequences persist long after the injury. The objective of this study is to evaluate an existing yoga kids program to gain better understanding of the physical and psychosocial effects of a yoga practice among children with burn injuries. Thirty campers participated in a series of four (1 hour) yoga sessions during the summer of 2014. Nationally trained Instructors had taught children's yoga in the Southwestern United States for at least 10 years. A Yoga Evaluation Questionnaire, designed for children, was used to evaluate perceptions of somatic and cognitive anxiety before and after each Yoga session. Camper's age ranged from 6 to 12 years old with burn severities ranging from 5 to 75%. A dependent samples t-test was used to test for differences between composite pre- and postintervention scores for both somatic and cognitive anxiety. Significant effects emerged for somatic anxiety t(29) = -4.24, P < .001, d = 0.77, and cognitive anxiety t(29) = -4.188, P < .001, d = 0.76. For both cognitive and somatic anxiety, the postintervention composite mean scores were significantly higher, indicating a decrease in somatic and cognitive anxiety. This study suggests that participation in a Yoga program may lower perceptions of cognitive and somatic anxiety in pediatric burn survivors. Further, Yoga is one technique that may compliment the short- and long-term treatment of burn injuries.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Exercise and Sport Science, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City; †Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City; ‡University of Utah Health Care Burn Center, Salt Lake City; §Volunteer Yoga Instructor, Camp Nah, Nah, Mah, Salt Lake City; ‖Exercise And Sport Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: Amy S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: Morgan S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiggins
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Memmott
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brusseau
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015013:Yoga