Effects of a health worker-led 3-month yoga intervention on blood pressure of hypertensive patients: a randomised controlled multicentre trial in the primary care setting

• Main Authors: Raja Ram Dhungana (Author), Zeljko Pedisic (Author), Suira Joshi (Author), Mahesh Kumar Khanal (Author), Om Prakash Kalauni (Author), Anu Shakya (Author), Vijay Bhurtel (Author), Savyata Panthi (Author), K. C. Ramesh Kumar (Author), Binod Ghimire (Author), Achyut Raj Pandey (Author), Bihungum Bista (Author), Shiva Ram Khatiwoda (Author), Craig Steven McLachlan (Author), Dinesh Neupane (Author), Maximilian de Courten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertension control remains a major challenge globally. A recent systematic review suggested that yoga has beneficial effects on reducing blood pressure. However, the role of yoga in hypertension management in primary health care has received little attention, and no studies hav...