Open AccessYoga in children with epilepsy: A randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Sujata Kanhere,
Deepak R Bagadia,
Varsha Phadke,
Priyashree Shyamal Mukherjee
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_88_18
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , randomized controlled trial , electroencephalography , pediatrics , pediatric neurology , neurology , epilepsy in children , outpatient clinic , physical therapy , psychiatry
Majority of epilepsy begins in childhood. Twenty to thirty percent of patients may not respond to antiepileptic drugs. Yoga as a complementary therapy has been found to be beneficial in adults, but has not yet been studied in children with epilepsy.