Key result
Yoga therapy for 100 days reduced fasting blood glucose and improved cardiac autonomic function scores in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus, with greater benefits seen at an earlier age.
Why the study?
Does yoga therapy improve fasting blood glucose and cardiac autonomic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Does yoga therapy improve fasting blood glucose and cardiac autonomic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
Yoga therapy as an adjunct to medical therapy may improve glycemic control and cardiac autonomic function in patients with type 2 diabetes, with potentially greater benefits when initiated at an earlier age.
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May support yoga for autonomic function in T2DM; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
The effect of yoga therapy on cardiac autonomic function tests in patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus was studied. 120 known diabetic cases in the age group of 30- 60 years were selected. The total population was divided into two groups based on age, Group I (GI) consisting of 30-45 years and group II (GII) consisting of 46-60 years. The yoga therapy consisting of asana, Pranayamas, bandhas and mudras was practiced by the patients enrolled in the study daily for one hour for 100 days. Fifty one subjects in group I and forty seven subjects in group II participated till the end of the study. Biochemical tests and cardiac autonomic function tests were performed before and after 100 days of therapy. The mean values of various parameters before and after the 100 days of therapy were as follows, fasting blood glucose changed from 155.6 16.5 to 130.4 14 in GI, 205.4 48.9 to 174.6 40 in GII, cardiac autonomic function score changed from 6.91.37 to 4.81.13 in GI, 7.06 1.29 to 5.21 1.71 in GII. From the study it is concluded that yoga therapy has a role in reduction of blood glucose and better cardiac autonomic functioning in patients with type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in conjunction with medical therapy and the benefit is more pronounced when yoga therapy is started at an earlier age.
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Rajesh et al. (2013) studied Type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=120). Yoga therapy was evaluated on Fasting blood glucose and cardiac autonomic function score. Yoga therapy for 100 days reduced fasting blood glucose and improved cardiac autonomic function scores in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus, with greater benefits seen at an earlier age.
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