Yoga-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Why the study?
Does Yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation improve outcomes in patients after acute myocardial infarction?
Population
Patients after acute myocardial infarction in India and United Kingdom
Comparison
Yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation (Yoga-CaRe) vs not reported
Design
Trial
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support yoga-CaRe as alternative when conventional rehab unavailable; extends patient-reported outcome data while leaving MACE effects open.
Key Points
- To assess the clinical effectiveness of a yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation programme (Yoga-CaRe) on health status, activity resumption, and cardiovascular events following acute myocardial infarction.
- Conducted a clinical trial evaluating the Yoga-CaRe programme across participating centers in India and the United Kingdom (CTRI/2012/02/002408).
- Compared Yoga-CaRe against conventional care, tracking outcomes including self-rated health, resumption of pre-infarct activities, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
- Yoga-CaRe significantly improved self-rated health and accelerated return to pre-infarction daily activities compared to control.
- The trial lacked sufficient statistical power to detect a significant difference in major adverse cardiovascular events between study arms.
Structured PICO
Does Yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation improve outcomes in patients after acute myocardial infarction?
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Population
Patients after acute myocardial infarction
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Intervention
Yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation (Yoga-CaRe)
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Outcome
Self-rated health, return to pre-infarct activities, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE)patient reported
Yoga-based cardiac rehabilitation improves self-rated health and return to activities post-MI, offering a viable alternative when conventional rehabilitation is unavailable.
Limitations
- Lacked statistical power to show a difference in MACE
Cite This Study
Prabhakaran et al. (2020) studied this question.