The aims of this study to get an overview of the effect of yoga in the treatment of chronic lower back pain to improve the clinical outcomes of patients.
MethodsSearching of the articles in this study used PubMed, Cochrane, Wiley, Proquest, and Google Scholar. The criteria of the article were studied with adult patients (18–60 years), patients who have a history of low back pain for at least three months, randomized controlled control trials, studies measuring pain or health-related quality of life or another clinical outcome, conducted in the last ten years, and English articles.
ResultsFive studies indicated significant results for positive outcomes after being given a yoga practice intervention, such as reduce pain and improvement of health-related quality of life.
ConclusionYoga has the potential to reduce pain and improve quality of life so that it can be applied in nursing.