Twelve-Minute Daily Yoga Regimen Reverses Osteoporotic Bone Loss

Overview

Journal Top Geriatr Rehabil

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2016 May 27

PMID 27226695

Citations 9

Authors

Yi-Hsueh Lu

Bernard Rosner

Gregory Chang

Loren M Fishman

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Abstract

Objective: Assess the effectiveness of selected yoga postures in raising bone mineral density (BMD).

Methods: Ten-year study of 741 Internet-recruited volunteers comparing preyoga BMD changes with postyoga BMD changes.

Outcome Measures: Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometric scans. Optional radiographs of hips and spine and bone quality study (7 Tesla).

Results: Bone mineral density improved in spine, hips, and femur of the 227 moderately and fully compliant patients. Monthly gain in BMD was significant in spine (0.0029 g/cm, = .005) and femur (0.00022 g/cm, = .053), but in 1 cohort, although mean gain in hip BMD was 50%, large individual differences raised the confidence interval and the gain was not significant for total hip (0.000357 g/cm). No yoga-related serious injuries were imaged or reported. Bone quality appeared qualitatively improved in yoga practitioners.

Conclusion: Yoga appears to raise BMD in the spine and the femur safely.

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