| | West [USA, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Turkey] | | Back pain | Other pain | CVD | Cancer | Total | Percentage |
| | Postures | 9 (Galantino 04, Jacobs 04, Williams 05, Sherman 05, Williams 09, Saper 09, Cox 10, Tilbrook 11, and Sherman 11) | 6 (Carson 2011 (fibromyalgia),
da Silva 2007 (fibromyalgia),
Evans 2011 (IBS),
Evans 2011 (rheumatoid arthritis),
Garfinkel 1998 (carpal tunnel syndrome), and
Kuttner 2007 (IBS)) | 5 (Cade 2010, Cheema 2011, Pullen 2008, Pullen 2010, and van Montfrans 1990) | 7 (Banasik 2011, Carson 2009, Cohen 2004, Culos-Reed 2006, Galantino 2012, Moadal 2007, and Ulger 2010) | 27 | 96% | | Breathing | 6 (Galantino 04, Sherman 05, Saper 09, Cox 10, Tilbrook 11, and Sherman 11) | 3 (Carson 2011 (fibromyalgia), da Silva 2007 (fibromyalgia), and
Kuttner 2007 (IBS)) | 5 (Cade 2010, Cheema 2011,
Pullen 2008,
Pullen 2010, and van Montfrans 1990) | 7 (Carson 2009, Cohen 2004,
Culos-Reed 2006, Galantino 2012,
Kovacic 2011,
Moadal 2007, and Ulger 2010) | 21 | 75% | | Relaxation | 7 (Galantino 04, Jacobs 04, Sherman 05, Saper 09, Cox 10, Tilbrook 11, and Sherman 11) | 2 (da Silva 2007 (fibromyalgia), Garfinkel 1998 (carpal tunnel syndrome)) | 4 (Cade 2010, Pullen 2008, Pullen 2010, and van Montfrans 1990) | 4 (Culos-Reed 2006,
Galantino 2012,
Kovacic 2011, and Ulger 2010) | 17 | 61% | | Meditation | 1 (Galantino 04) | 1 (Carson 2011 (fibromyalgia)) | 4 (Cheema 2011, Pullen 2008, Pullen 2010, van Montfrans 1990) | 3 (Carson 2009, Moadal 2007,
Ulger 2010) | 9 | 32% | | Mental focus | 1 (Tilbrook 11) | | 1 (Cade 2010) | 1 (Kovacic 2011) | 3 | 11% | | Visualization | | | | 1 (Cohen 2004) | 1 | 4% | Philosophy/
lifestyle | 1 (Tilbrook 11) | 2 (Carson 2011 (fibromyalgia), da Silva 2007 (fibromyalgia)) | | | 3 | 11% | | Yoga Nidra | | | | 1 (Kovacic 2011) | 1 | 4% |
| | Asia [India, Thailand] |
| | Postures | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 2 (John 2007 (migraine), Telles 2009 (musculoskeletal hand discomfort)) | 6 (Agte 2011, McCaffrey 2005, Murthy 2011, Pal 2011, Selvamurthy 1998, Yogendra 2004) | 4 (Banerjee 2007,
Raghavendra 2007, Rao 2008, Vadiraja 2009) | 13 | 87% | | Breathing | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 2 (John 2007 (migraine), Telles 2009 (musculoskeletal hand discomfort)) | 5 (Agte 2011, McCaffrey 2005, Murthy 2011, Pal 2011, Patel 1976) | 4 (Banerjee 2007, Raghavendra 2007, Rao 2008, Vadiraja 2009) | 12 | 80% | | Relaxation | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 2 (John 2007 (migraine), Telles 2009 (musculoskeletal hand discomfort)) | 6 (Datey 1969, McCaffrey 2005, Murthy 2011, Pal 2011, Patel 1976, Yogendra 2004) | 3 (Raghavendra 2007,
Rao 2008, Vadiraja 2009) | 12 | 80% | | Meditation | 1 (Tekur 2008) | 1 (John 2007 (migraine)) | 2 (Agte 2011, Patel 1976) | 4 (Banerjee 2007,
Raghavendra 2007, Rao
2008, Vadiraja 2009) | 8 | 53% | | Chanting | 1 (Tekur 2008) | | 1 (Pal 2011) | 3 (Banerjee 2007,
Raghavendra 2007, and
Vadiraja 2009) | 4 | 27% | | Mental Focus | | | 2 (Datey 1969, Patel 1976) | | 2 | 13% | | Visualization | | 1 (Telles 2009 (musculoskeletal hand discomfort)) | | 3 (Banerjee 2007,
Raghavendra 2007, and Rao 2008) | 4 | 27% | Philosophy/
lifestyle | 1 (Tekur 2008) | | 2 (Agte 2011, Yogendra 2004) | | 3 | 20% | | Yoga Nidra | | | | 1 (Banerjee 2007) | 1 | 7% |
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