Open AccessYogic Pranayama and Diaphragmatic Breathing: Adjunct Therapy for Intraocular Pressure in Patients With Primary Open-angle Glaucoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Hemlata Udenia,
Shilekh Mittal,
Ajai Agrawal,
Ankita Singh,
Anupam Singh,
Sanjeev Mittal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of glaucoma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.11
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1536-481X
pISSN - 1057-0829
DOI - 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001697
Subject(s) - medicine , intraocular pressure , glaucoma , diaphragmatic breathing , open angle glaucoma , randomized controlled trial , breathing , anesthesia , ophthalmology , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Yogic pranayama and diaphragmatic breathing are potential adjunctive therapies for patients with glaucoma; however, they are not substitutes for medicine or eye drops.