Table 5.
Moderate and severe adverse events observed by yoga therapists
| Symptoms | n | |
|---|---|---|
| Eyes and ears | Blackout | 1 |
| Respiratory system | Difficult breathing and hyperventilation | 7 |
| Rapid breathing | 1 | |
| Cardiovascular system | Breathlessness | 2 |
| Palpitation | 2 | |
| Heart attack | 2 | |
| Chest tightness | 1 | |
| Arrhythmia | 1 | |
| Gastrointestinal system | Nausea | 4 |
| Abdominal pain | 3 | |
| Musculoskeletal system | Muscular pain | 11 |
| Joint pain | 3 | |
| Foot and muscle cramp | 3 | |
| Bone fracture | 2 | |
| Achilles tendon rupture | 1 | |
| Meniscal injury | 1 | |
| Subluxation of the hip joint, | 1 | |
| Skin | Perspiration, cold sweat, and stress-induced perspiration | 4 |
| Pruritus of the skin | 1 | |
| Neurological system | Dizziness and physical unsteadiness | 20 |
| Fall | 9 | |
| Headache | 2 | |
| Dazed | 1 | |
| Cold limbs | 1 | |
| Faintness | 1 | |
| Shaking of the body | 1 | |
| Flushing of the body | 1 | |
| Numbness of the body | 1 | |
| Fatigue | Feeling of unwellness | 18 |
| Psychological symptoms | Recollection of bad experience | 4 |
| Heightened emotion | 2 | |
| Confusion | 2 | |
| Tension | 1 | |
| Other | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 1 |
| Pain of surgical scar | 1 | |
| Other | 3 |