Open AccessYoga as a novel adjuvant therapy for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Author(s) -
Steve S Kong,
Thanh Vinh Pham,
Allyson Fortis,
Alpa Raval,
Neha Bhanusali
Publication year - 2021
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_78_20
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , physical therapy , adjuvant therapy , mood , myositis , wilcoxon signed rank test , adjuvant , mann–whitney u test , clinical psychology , cancer , paleontology , biology
Recent studies have demonstrated that physical activity is well tolerated by patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and can have additional benefits as an adjuvant therapy to pharmacologic agents, especially if started early. To date, no studies have examined the effects of yoga on patients with IIMs.