Influence of chair-based yoga on salivary anti-microbial proteins, functional fitness, perceived stress and well-being in older women: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Autor: Ana Maria Teixeira, Mariana Marques, Guilherme Eustáquio Furtado, Matheus Uba Chupel, Luciele Guerra Minuzzi, José Pedro Ferreira, Filipa Martins Pedrosa, Fatima Rosado
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 12:44-52
ISSN: 1876-3820
Popis: Introduction Chair-based Yoga (CBY) practice could be used as a therapy easily adaptable to older people’s needs, as a tool to attenuate immunosenescence and to improve emotional status. The main goal of the study was to assess the changes mediated by CBY practice on salivary IgA and lysozyme levels, health-related emotional status (HrES) and functional fitness parameters in older women living in social caregiver centers. Methods Thirty-four older women (age: 83,16 ± 7,4 years) participated in the study and were divided in two groups, an Exercise Group (EG, n = 15) using CBY and a Control Group (CG, n = 10). All the subjects were assessed before and after the exercise program. EG practiced exercise 2–3 times per week for a period of 28 weeks, and the CG was not involved in any type of exercise program. Saliva samples, physical fitness tests and HrES psychometric rate scales were collected during rest, at baseline, and at the end of the exercise program. Results Flexibility was improved in the exercise group. IgA and lysozyme levels and IgA and lysozyme secretion rates tended to increase or were maintained in the EG, and a trend towards an improvement in the participants HrES was also found but only in the EG. Conclusions The present study shows a positive effect of CBY program in older women, which may lead to an improved well-being and used as a good therapeutic co-adjuvant to usual medication treatment.
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