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The Effects of Yoga Exercise on Blood Pressure and Hand Grip Strength in Chronic Stroke Patients: A Pilot Controlled Study

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  • Yen-Ting Lai

    (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hsin-Chu Hospital, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Hsiao-Ling Huang

    (Department of Healthcare Management, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, No. 306, Yuanpei Street, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan)

  • City C. Hsieh

    (Department of Kinesiology, Research Center for Education and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan)

  • Chien-Hung Lin

    (Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    College of Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan)

  • Jung-Cheng Yang

    (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hsin-Chu Hospital, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan)

  • Han-Hsing Tsou

    (Institute of Food Safety and Health Risk Assessment, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 112, Taiwan)

  • Chih-Ching Lin

    (Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan)

  • Szu-Yuan Li

    (Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan)

  • Hsiang-Lin Chan

    (Department of Child Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Wen-Sheng Liu

    (Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
    College of Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan
    Institute of Food Safety and Health Risk Assessment, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 112, Taiwan
    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Zhongxing Branch, Taipei 103, Taiwan)

Abstract

Background: We investigated the beneficial effect of add-on yoga with rehabilitation on blood pressure (BP) and hand grip strength in patients with chronic stroke (more than 90 days). Methods: The study included patients 30–80 years of age who could stand independently for 1 min. Patients with psychiatric diseases or undergoing other therapies (like acupuncture) were excluded. The yoga group received training (1 h session twice weekly) with standard rehabilitation for 8 weeks. The control group received standard rehabilitation only. There were no differences in age, gender, hand grip strength, or BP between the two groups (16 subjects in each group) at baseline. Results: The systolic BP ( p = 0.01) decreased significantly, and the diastolic BP also decreased but not significantly in the yoga group ( p = 0.11). For hand grip strength, both the unaffected hand ( p = 0.00025) and the affected hand ( p = 0.027) improved significantly. The control group showed no significant change in systolic or diastolic BP, nor did the grip strength change in both hands. Gender and age also affected the results of overall rehabilitation in that women benefited more from a decrease in BP, while men and young people (lower than the mean age of 60) benefited from hand grip strength improvement. Conclusions: Combining yoga with rehabilitation in chronic stroke patients can improve hand grip strength and decrease systolic BP.

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  • Yen-Ting Lai & Hsiao-Ling Huang & City C. Hsieh & Chien-Hung Lin & Jung-Cheng Yang & Han-Hsing Tsou & Chih-Ching Lin & Szu-Yuan Li & Hsiang-Lin Chan & Wen-Sheng Liu, 2023. "The Effects of Yoga Exercise on Blood Pressure and Hand Grip Strength in Chronic Stroke Patients: A Pilot Controlled Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:2:p:1108-:d:1028861
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