Why the study?
Does yoga as an ancillary intervention improve clinical outcomes, exercise capacity, and quality of life in patients with heart disease?
Population
624 patients with heart disease pooled from 7 RCTs
Comparison
Yoga as an ancillary intervention vs Usual care
Design
Systematic_review
Key result
Yoga as an ancillary intervention for heart disease (7 RCTs, N=624) provided very low to low quality evidence for improving exercise capacity and reducing modifiable cardiac risk factors.
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Supports weak recommendations for yoga in heart disease; leaves open need for higher-quality RCTs.
Systematic Review (n=624)
Does yoga as an ancillary intervention improve clinical outcomes, exercise capacity, and quality of life in patients with heart disease?
Weak recommendations can be made for the ancillary use of yoga in patients with coronary heart disease, heart failure, and cardiac dysrhythmia based on low to very low quality evidence.
Cramer et al. (2014) conducted a systematic review in Heart disease (n=624). Yoga vs. Usual care was evaluated on Mortality, nonfatal cardiac events, exercise capacity, health-related quality of life, and modifiable cardiac risk factors. Yoga as an ancillary intervention for heart disease (7 RCTs, N=624) provided very low to low quality evidence for improving exercise capacity and reducing modifiable cardiac risk factors.