Yoga could help manage arthritis knee pain

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Australia; VIC; TAS

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Yoga appears to be just as good as strengthening exercises for managing knee osteoarthritis, according to Australian research. The study, which compared three yoga sessions a week to 3 sessions of strengthening exercises, found that both groups improved their knee pain to the same levels. The authors say that the findings suggest that integrating yoga as an alternative or complementary exercise option in clinical practice may help in managing knee osteoarthritis.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: University of Tasmania, The University of Melbourne

Funder: The study was funded as part of a fellowship to Dr Antony by the Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation.

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