1. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of Chair Yoga on Pain and Physical Function Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Lower Extremity Osteoarthritis.
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Park, Juyoung, McCaffrey, Ruth, Newman, David, Liehr, Patricia, and Ouslander, Joseph G.
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YOGIC therapy , *PAIN management , *OSTEOARTHRITIS , *EXERCISE for older people , *CHAIRS , *HEALTH of older people , *LEG diseases , *HEALTH education , *PATIENTS , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *PILOT projects , *OSTEOARTHRITIS diagnosis , *GOVERNMENT agencies , *ASIANS , *BLACK people , *DIAGNOSIS , *EXERCISE , *HEALTH promotion , *HISPANIC Americans , *LEG , *PHYSICAL fitness , *POSTURE , *PUBLIC housing , *RESEARCH funding , *WHITE people , *YOGA , *ACTIVITIES of daily living , *SENIOR centers , *TREATMENT duration , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
Objectives To determine effects of Sit 'N' Fit Chair Yoga, compared to a Health Education program ( HEP), on pain and physical function in older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis ( OA) who could not participate in standing exercise. Design Two-arm randomized controlled trial. Setting One HUD senior housing facility and one day senior center in south Florida. Participants Community-dwelling older adults (N = 131) were randomly assigned to chair yoga (n = 66) or HEP (n = 65). Thirteen dropped after assignment but prior to the intervention; six dropped during the intervention; 106 of 112 completed at least 12 of 16 sessions (95% retention rate). Interventions Participants attended either chair yoga or HEP. Both interventions consisted of twice-weekly 45-minute sessions for 8 weeks. Measurements Primary: pain, pain interference; secondary: balance, gait speed, fatigue, functional ability measured at baseline, after 4 weeks of intervention, at the end of the 8-week intervention, and post-intervention (1 and 3 months). Results The chair yoga group showed greater reduction in pain interference during the intervention ( P = .01), sustained through 3 months ( P = .022). WOMAC pain ( P = .048), gait speed ( P = .024), and fatigue ( P = .037 ) were improved in the yoga group during the intervention ( P = .048) but improvements were not sustained post intervention. Chair yoga had no effect on balance. Conclusion An 8-week chair yoga program was associated with reduction in pain, pain interference, and fatigue, and improvement in gait speed, but only the effects on pain interference were sustained 3 months post intervention. Chair yoga should be further explored as a nonpharmacologic intervention for older people with OA in the lower extremities. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02113410. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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