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Nature Reviews Disease Primers menu. Browse Articles Browse Collections. They wanted to determine whether the yoga poses they selected might also increase bone density by imposing force on the spine and hips.
They recruited people who joined the study on the Internet between and The participants were asked to submit dual energy x-ray absorptiometry DEXA scans of their hips and spines, and other lab tests, at the beginning of the study. They also received DVDs with instructions for the yoga poses and were asked to log their yoga activity online.
The logs indicated that participants, of whom were women, practiced the routine at least every other day for two years. The DEXA scans they submitted at the end of the study showed significant increases in bone density in the spine.
Hip bone density increased, too, but not significantly. None of the participants reported bone fractures or other injuries caused by doing yoga.
Though promising, the study, published in in Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation , doesn't provide conclusive evidence that yoga can reverse bone loss. The researchers acknowledged its drawbacks: less than one-third of the study's participants adhered to the yoga routine by practicing the poses at least every other day throughout the study, and just 43 submitted complete actual DEXA reports at the beginning and end of the study. Marian Hannan, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, whose research includes the effects of biomechanics on physical function.
Hannan notes the participants were also self-selected, not randomly enrolled. In other words, they wanted to practice yoga.
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Yoga is a mind-body activity, and to get the most benefit requires full engagement. The poses practiced in the study are illustrated below.