Randomised trial, 2024
Does regular yoga help PMS symptoms, pain, and quality of life?
Regular yoga practice appears to improve PMS symptoms, pain, and quality of life in women with PMS. This is based on a controlled study with 30 women in each group.
What they did
Researchers randomly assigned 60 women with PMS to either a long-term, regular yoga practice group (30 women) or a control group (30 women). The study was single-blinded, meaning the women knew whether they were doing yoga, but the researchers measuring outcomes did not know.
What they found
Long-term and regular yoga practice led to improvements in PMS symptoms, quality of life, and pain levels compared to the control group.
What it means for you
Yoga may help women with PMS feel better, reduce pain, and improve quality of life. The main limitation is the small sample size (30 women per group) and the single-blinded design, which may have allowed some bias since women knew whether they were doing yoga.
30
women in yoga group
30
women in control group
31.17
average age (years)
About the study
- Original title
- The effect of long-term, regular yoga on the pain and quality of life in women with premenstrual syndrome: A randomized controlled, single-blinded trial
- Authors
- Korkem Yorulmaz D, Ertarakcı GL, Yıldırım Sahan T et al.
- Journal
- Health care for women international
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Randomised trial
- Participants
- 30
- What was tested
- Long-term, regular yoga practice
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2023.2283425
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