Yoga-An Alternative Form of Therapy in Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Yoga-An Alternative Form of Therapy in Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
Background: Yoga as alternative form of therapy has shown positive impact on pulmonary functions, exercise capacity, behavioral changes, and inflammation in non-trauma patients. However, the efficacy of Yoga has not been studied in chest trauma patients.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted at level-1 Trauma Centre. Isolated chest injury patients were randomized into either standard physiotherapy or Yogatherapy groups. Patients in physiotherapy group received conventional chest physiotherapy and Yogatherapy group received a set of Yogic exercises in addition to conventional chest physiotherapy. Primary outcome measure was changes in pulmonary function tests (PFT) at 4 weeks of discharge. Secondary outcomes were changes in quality of life (QoL), respiratory muscle strength and endurance, chest wall mobility, and levels of cytokines at 4 weeks. Data were analyzed using STATA v14.0.
Results: A total of 89 eligible patients were randomized to physiotherapy (n = 46) and Yoga therapy (n = 43) groups. Demographic characteristics were comparable in both the groups. There were statistically significant improvements in PFT in the Yogatherapy group compared with physiotherapy with an increase in Forced vital capacity (p = 0.02) and Forced expiratory volume (p = 0.01) at 4 weeks. In addition, there were significant improvement in physical component of QoL, respiratory muscle endurance (p = 0.003) and axillary cirtometry (p = 0.009) in the Yogatherapy group. However, no statistically significant difference in the trends of cytokine markers seen between the groups.
Conclusion: Yoga was found to be effective in improving pulmonary functions and QoL in patients with chest trauma. (Trial registered at ctri.nic.in/clinicaltrials/login.php, numberREF/2016/05/011,287).
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Comment in
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Letter to the Editor: Yoga-An Alternative Form of Therapy in Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma: a Randomized Controlled Trial.World J Surg. 2021 Sep;45(9):2949-2950. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06195-0. Epub 2021 Jun 18. World J Surg. 2021. PMID: 34145468 No abstract available.
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Authors' Reply: Yoga-An Alternative form of Therapy in Patients with Blunt Chest Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial.World J Surg. 2021 Sep;45(9):2951-2952. doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06237-7. Epub 2021 Jul 10. World J Surg. 2021. PMID: 34247259 No abstract available.
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