| Disorder |
Yogic Practices |
Outcome |
| Muscular Dystrophy |
Sakthivikasaka (Equivalent to completing a session of moderate-intensity exercise) |
Increases flexibility and improves muscle strength, tone, and joint stiffness [53]. Decreases blood pressure and improves blood supply to the muscles [46]. |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis/ Osteoarthritis |
Land-based exercise programs |
Improves arthritis-related pain [54-56]. Decreases erythrocyte sediment rate (ESR) and improves disease activity scores [39]. |
| Spinal Cord Injury |
Iyengar yoga |
Develops strength, stability, stamina, concentration, and body alignment [57]. |
| Chronic Back Pain |
Yoga program as adjuvant therapy |
Marked improvements in back-related disability in patients with chronic back pain [43]. |
| Elderly Population |
Bi-weekly yoga sessions |
Improves physical fitness, muscle strength, power, endurance, and flexibility [58,59]. |
