Medical Yoga for Patients with Stress-Related Symptoms and Diagnoses in Primary Health Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 3
Pain drawing at baseline and after the 12-week medical yoga intervention.
Pain drawing
Before intervention
After intervention
Control group
Yoga group
value
Control group
Yoga group
value
Head ()
5 (26%)
5 (28%)
0.920
2 (10%)
1 (6%)
0.580
Neck/shoulders ()
14 (74%)
16 (89%)
0.238
12 (63%)
10 (56%)
0.638
Upper extremity ()
10 (53%)
12 (67%)
0.385
11 (58%)
9 (50%)
0.630
Back/trunk ()
16 (84%)
13 (72%)
0.376
14 (74%)
8 (44%)
0.070
Lower extremity ()
15 (79%)
11 (61%)
0.235
13 (68%)
7 (39%)
0.072
Data are presented as number (%) of patients who reported pain in the actual pain drawing area. values refer to the difference between the control group and the yoga group (chi-2 test, ). Control group, and yoga group, .
