(b)
| Asia [India, Thailand] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back pain | Other pain | CVD | Cancer | |||
| Durations (weeks) | Total | Percentage | ||||
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| 1 | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 3 | 3 (Datey 1969, Murthy 2011, and Selvamurthy 1998) | 3 | 20% | |||
| 6 | 2 (Banerjee 2007, Vadiraja 2009) | 2 | 13% | |||
| 6+ | 1 (Rao 2008) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 8 | 1 (Telles 2009—musculoskeletal hand discomfort) | 2 (Agte 2011, McCaffrey 2005) | 3 | 20% | ||
| 9 | 1 (Patel 1976) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 12 | 1 (John 2007—migraine) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 24 | 1 (Pal 2011) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 52 (1 year) | 1 (Yogendra 2004) | 1 | 7% | |||
| Varies | 1 (Raghavendra 2007) | 1 | 7% | |||
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| Classes/week | Total | Percentage | ||||
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| 3 | 2 (McCaffrey 2005, Patel 1976) | 1 (Vadiraja 2009) | 3 | 20% | ||
| 5 | 2 (Telles 2009—musculoskeletal hand discomfort), John 2007 (migraine)) | 1 (Pal 2011) | 3 | 20% | ||
| 7 | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 1 (Selvamurthy 1998) | 1 (Raghavendra 2007) | 3 | 20% | |
| Varies | 1 (Yogendra 2004) | 1 (Rao 2008) | 2 | 13% | ||
| Not stated | 3 (Agte 2011, Datey 1969, and Murthy 2011) | 1 (Banerjee 2007) | 4 | 27% | ||
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| Length of each class (min.) |
Total | Percentage | ||||
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| 30 | 4 (Datey 1969, Murthy 2011, Patel 1976, and Selvamurthy 1998) | 4 | 27% | |||
| 35–40 | 1 (Pal 2011) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 60 | 2 (John 2007—migraine, Telles 2009—musculoskeletal hand discomfort) | 3 (Raghavendra 2007, Rao 2008, and Vadiraja 2009) | 5 | 33% | ||
| 63 | 1 (McCaffrey 2005) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 90 | 1 (Banerjee 2007) | 1 | 7% | |||
| Not stated | 1 (Tekur 2008) —retreat with 9 hours of yoga/day | 2 (Agte 2011, Yogendra 2004) | 3 | 20% | ||
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| Total hours of classes |
Total | Percentage | ||||
|
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| 10.5 | 1 (Selvamurthy 1998) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 13.5 | 1 (Patel 1976) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 18 | 1 (Vadiraja 2009) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 18+ | 1 (Rao 2008) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 25.2 | 1 (McCaffrey 2005) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 40 | 1 (Telles 2009—musculoskeletal hand discomfort) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 56 | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 60 | 1 (John 2007—migraine) | 1 | 7% | |||
| 70–80 | 1 (Pal 2011) | 1 | 7% | |||
| Not stated | 4 (Agte 2011, Datey 1969, Murthy 2011, and Yogendra 2004) | 2 (Banerjee 2007, Raghavendra 2007) | 6 | 40% | ||
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| Home practice | Total | Percentage | ||||
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| Yes | 1 (John 2007—migraine) | 2 (Agte 2011, Yogendra 2004) | 3 (Raghavendra 2007, Rao 2008, and Vadiraja 2009) | 6 | 40% | |
| No | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 1 (Telles 2009—musculoskeletal hand discomfort) | 6 (Datey 1969, McCaffrey 2005, Murthy 2011, Patel 1976, Pal 2011, and Selvamurthy 1998) | 1 (Banerjee 2007) | 9 | 60% |