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| Title |
Yoga for low back pain: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Rheumatology, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10067-011-1764-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Paul Posadzki, Edzard Ernst |
| Abstract |
It has been suggested that yoga has a positive effect on low back pain and function. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of yoga as a treatment option for low back pain. Seven databases were searched from their inception to March 2011. Randomized clinical trials were considered if they investigated yoga in patients with low back pain and if they assessed pain as an outcome measure. The selection of studies, data extraction and validation were performed independently by two reviewers. Seven randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) met the inclusion criteria. Their methodological quality ranged between 2 and 4 on the Jadad scale. Five RCTs suggested that yoga leads to a significantly greater reduction in low back pain than usual care, education or conventional therapeutic exercises. Two RCTs showed no between-group differences. It is concluded that yoga has the potential to alleviate low back pain. However, any definitive claims should be treated with caution. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Poland | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 60% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 246 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 239 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 27 | 11% |
| Other | 22 | 9% |
| Researcher | 18 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 67 | 27% |
| Unknown | 61 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 67 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 13% |
| Sports and Recreations | 15 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 18% |
| Unknown | 64 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2022.
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