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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2010 Dec 3;37(1):33–46. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2010.11.001

Table 4.

Study Findings

Authors Study
Quality		 Clinical Outcomes Functional
Outcomes		 Psychosocial Outcomes
Kolasinski et al 4 Improved: WOMAC pain,
function
Trend: GA
No change: Stiffness		 No change:
50 ft. walk		 Improved: Affect
Garfinkel et al 6 Improved: finger tenderness, hand
pain, ROM
No change: hand function, ring
size		 No change:
grip strength
Haslock et al 6 Trend: HAQ-DI, ring size Improved:
Grip strength		 No change: GHQ
Dash and Telles 4 Improved:
Grip strength
Sharma 3 Improved: Self efficacy for yoga
Badsha et al 6 Improved: HAQ-DI, DAS-28
No change: HAQ Pain		 No change: physical/mental QOL
Haaz 5 Improved: tender/swollen joints Improved: physical & emotional roles,
energy (RA), pain (RA)
Trend: Mental health, energy (OA),
pain (OA)
Bosch 4 Improved: HAQ-DI and Pain Improved:
Balance		 Improved: Depressive symptoms,
daytime cortisol
Trend: diurnal, awakening cortisol
Evans 2 Improved: pain (PDI, HAQ)
Trend: physical functioning
No change: HAQ-DI		 Improved: vitality, mental health, global
severity, self-efficacy
Trend: chronic pain acceptance,
mindfulness