Yoga's impact on inflammation, mood, and fatigue in breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate yoga's impact on inflammation, mood, and fatigue.

Patients and methods

A randomized controlled 3-month trial was conducted with two post-treatment assessments of 200 breast cancer survivors assigned to either 12 weeks of 90-minute twice per week hatha yoga classes or a wait-list control. The main outcome measures were lipopolysaccharide-stimulated production of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and scores on the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF), the vitality scale from the Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale.

Results

Immediately post-treatment, fatigue was no

SUBMITTER: Kiecolt-Glaser JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3965259 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature