In the authors' words
“The results showed that yoga, superior to massage intervention, significantly reduced AI-associated knee joint pain, as demonstrated by the WOMAC pain score.”
What was measured
- Joint pain Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, breast cancer survivors, osteoarthritis or joint pain
- How many
- 60
- How long
- 6 weeks
- Exercise
- Yoga
- Cited
- 9 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 34290337
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