Yoga and Physical Rehabilitation Medicine: A Research Partnership in Integrative Care.

ABSTRACT: Mind-body interventions, such as yoga, that teach stress management with physical activity may be well suited for investigation in both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. In order to be considered as viable care options integrative studies need to offer a comprehensive design and include clinicians familiar with the disease process of the study populations. A review of the literature reveals a dearth of information related to the collaboration between yoga and physical rehabilitation medicine. This article discusses the collaboration with physical rehabilitation medicine to collect relevant pre- and post-intervention measures for an on-going pilot acceptability/feasibility yoga study for minority patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. An interdisciplinary clinical rese

SUBMITTER: Middleton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995350 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature