Yoga for asthma

Abstract

1 Downgraded once for study limitations; four out of five studies contributing to this outcome are at high risk of performance and detection bias, and one study is at high risk of attrition bias (see Figure 1). 2 Downgraded once for study limitations; all three studies contributing to this outcome are at high risk of performance and detection bias, and one study is at high risk of selection bias (see Figure 1).

Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Asthma

“…A new treatment's option which seems to be in line with breathing exercises is yoga. Yang et al carried on a study showing positive effects of yoga on quality of life and symptoms in patients affected from asthma (Yang et al, 2016).…”

“…Education (Boudreau et al, 2014;Kew et al, 2016;Levy et al, 2016;Farzandipour et al, 2017;Normansell et al, 2017;Yorke et al, 2017;Donner et al, 2018;Gesinde and Harry, 2018;Schuermans et al, 2018) Increased medication technique and adherence Better asthma control Exercise (Maltais et al, 1997;Porszasz et al, 2005;Luxton et al, 2008;Borg et al, 2010;Eichenberger et al, 2013;Spruit et al, 2013;Franca-Pinto et al, 2015;Lingner et al, 2015;Turk et al, 2017;Sahin and Naz, 2019; Increased muscular endurance and strength Improved QoL Reduced bronchial inflammation, asthma symptoms, and exacerbations Physical activity (Garcia-Aymerich et al, 2009;Eijkemans et al, 2012;Coelho et al, 2018;Panagiotou et al, 2020;Physical Activity On, 2020) Reduced risk of development asthma Breathing retraining (Gosselink et al, 1995;Yamaguti et al, 2012;Duruturk et al, 2018) Increased inspiratory muscle strength Increased exercise capacity Reduced symptoms Breathing exercise (Yang et al, 2016;Bruton et al, 2018) Reduced symptoms Weight loss (Beuther and Sutherland, 2007;Stream and Sutherland, 2012;Sutherland, 2014;Freitas et al, 2017;Ricketts and Cowan, 2019) Better asthma control Reduced symptoms Psychological counseling (Yorke et al, 2017) Improved QoL Reduced anxiety…”

S2k-Leitlinie zur Diagnostik und Therapie von Patienten mit Asthma

“…Die Ionisierung ist in der Asthmatherapie nicht empfohlen. Hypnose und Relaxationstechniken Es gibt nur wenige kontrollierte Studien zur Effektivität von Hypnose-und Relaxationstechniken beim Asthma[387]. Allen gemeinsam sind ein inkonsistentes Studiendesign und methodische Probleme mit der Placebogruppe.…”

Yoga Therapy in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Decreases Immediate Anxiety and Joint Pain

“…These findings extend to pediatric populations [42–48]. Similarly, evidence supports the efficacy of yoga in adults and children with asthma, showing improvements in quality of life, and, in some cases, improvement in pulmonary function and biochemical profiles, although more high quality research is needed [57–61]. …”