Open AccessEffect of yoga on immune parameters, cognitive functions, and quality of life among HIV-positive children/adolescents: A pilot study
Author(s) -
B P Hari Chandra,
Mavathur N Ramesh,
HR Nagendra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/ijoy.ijoy_51_18
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , wilcoxon signed rank test , physical therapy , memory span , cognition , depression (economics) , stroop effect , executive functions , trail making test , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognitive impairment , working memory , mann–whitney u test , nursing , macroeconomics , economics
HIV/AIDS individuals have problems relating to immune system, quality of life (QOL), and cognitive functions (CFs). Yoga is found to be useful in similar conditions. Hardly, any work is reported on yoga for HIV-positive adults/adolescents. Hence, this study is important.