Key result
Yoga-based interventions reduced anxiety and improved heart rate variability among students in a meta-analysis of four randomized controlled trials.
Why the study?
No systematic review and meta-analysis have examined the effect of yoga-based interventions on heart rate variability and anxiety among students.
Do yoga-based interventions improve heart rate variability and anxiety in students?
Comparison
Yoga-based interventions vs comparator
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs
Authors
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Supports yoga for student anxiety and HRV; extends limited RCT evidence to this population.
Meta-Analysis
Do yoga-based interventions improve heart rate variability and anxiety in students?
Yoga-based interventions appear to reduce anxiety and improve heart rate variability among students.
Sharma et al. (2025) conducted a meta-analysis in Anxiety. Yoga-based interventions was evaluated on Heart rate variability (HRV) and anxiety. Yoga-based interventions reduced anxiety and improved heart rate variability among students in a meta-analysis of four randomized controlled trials.
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