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Research on Yoga:  A Collated Document

Breathing

 

Treating breathlessness in lung cancer patients: the potential of breathing training

Treating breathlessness in lung cancer patients: the potential of breathing training Miriam J. Johnson & David C. Currow To cite this article: Miriam J. Johnson & David C. Currow (2016) Treating breathlessness in lung cancer patients: the potential of breathing training, “significant improvement with training – more studies needed.”Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 10:3, 241-243, DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2016.1146596 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1586/17476348.2016.1146596

 PMCID: PMC5266177 PMID: 28079815

 

Morning breathing exercises prolong lifespan by improving hyperventilation in people living with respiratory cancer

Wei-Jie Wu, MB,a Shan-Huan Wang, MB,a,b Wei Ling, MD,a Li-Jun Geng, MPhil,a Xiao-Xi Zhang, PhD,a Lan Yu, MPhil,a,c Jun Chen, MPhil,a,c Jiang-Xi Luo, MD,a,c and Hai-Lu Zhao, PhDa

Five-year survival rate of those who participated in breathing exercises was significantly improved.
Adv Exp Med Biol.
 2018 Apr 4. doi: 10.1007/5584_2018_186. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Preoperative Rehabilitation in Lung Cancer Patients: Yoga Approach.

Barassi G1Bellomo RG2Di Iulio A3Lococo A3Porreca A4Di Felice PA4Saggini R4.

Breathing exercises helped stop craving for smoking.

Psychoneuroendocrinology. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Nov 1.Published in final edited form as:Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014 Nov; 49: 260–271.

Published online 2014 Jul 21. doi:  10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.07.012

PMCID: PMC417446  NIHMSID: NIHMS616154 PMID: 25127084

 

Stanford scientists have identified a small group of neurons that communicates goings-on in the brain’s respiratory control center to the structure responsible for generating arousal throughout the brain. Mar2017  Mark Krasnow at Stanford, have identified a small clusters of neurons, in the brain stem, that link to breathing and relaxation, attention, excitement and anxiety.Slow breathing induces tranquility.  National Institutes of Health (grants HL70029 and HL40959)

 

Yoga

Effect of restorative yoga vs. stretching on diurnal cortisol dynamics and psychosocial outcomes in individuals with the metabolic syndrome: the PRYSMS randomized controlled trial. “Multi-center randomized controlled trail of 171 patients. “Significant decreases in salivary cortisol, chronic stress severity, and stress perception in restorative yoga group vs stretching only group.”

Sarah M. Corey, PhD,1,* Elissa Epel, PhD,1,a Michael Schembri, BS,1 Sarah B. Pawlowsky, DPT,2 Roger J. Cole, PhD,3 Maria Rosario G. Araneta, PhD,4 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD,4 and Alka M. Kanaya, MD1,a

 

https://www.vox.com/2015/7/22/9012075/yoga-health-benefits-exercise-scienceThe bottom line:Yoga is probably just as good for your health as many other forms of exercise. But it seems particularly promising for improving lower back pain and — crucially — reducing inflammation in the body, which can actually help stave off disease. Yoga also seems to enhance “body awareness,” or people’s sense of what’s going on inside themselves.

 

 2018 Annual Report on Prostate Disease from Harvard Medical School.

Yoga lessens treatment-related symptoms in men with prostate cancer Finding: Improved urinary function and erectile blood flow

The effect of YOCAS©® yoga for musculoskeletal symptoms among breast cancer survivors on hormonal therapy : Participants recruited from 2007-2010; Initially looking at sleep, the study found that musculoskeletal symptoms improved; move directed study needed. Restorative and gentle yoga was used.

Breast Cancer Res Treat.

Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as:

Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Apr; 150(3): 597–604.

Published online 2015 Mar 27. doi:  10.1007/s10549-015-3351-1

 

Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience Breathing techniques are known to directly affect cardiac vagal tone and the initiation of the vagal brake to move the system towards the VVC platform and provides another bottom-up regulatory practice of yoga

Front Hum Neurosci. 2018; 12: 67.

Published online 2018 Feb 27. doi:  10.3389/fnhum.2018.000 PMCID: PMC5835127PMID: 29535617

Yoga in Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Prostate Cancer Undergoing Surgery

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Biomarker/Laboratory analysis, Supportive care
Age: 30 to 80
Trial IDs: HSC2015-406H, NCI-2015-02219, CTRC 15-0003, NCT02620033

Yoga Therapy in Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Childhood Lymphoma or Leukemia

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 13 to 17
Trial IDs: YOGAOT, NCI-2015-00975, NCT02473523

Yoga, Survivorship Health Education, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Insomnia in Cancer Survivors

Phase: Phase III
Type: Biomarker/Laboratory analysis, Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: URCC14040, NCI-2015-01144, RSRB052271, NCT02613364

Hatha Yoga in Improving Physical and Emotional Health in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: VICC SUPP 1282, NCI-2013-01860, 121357, DOERSAJK04302014124530, NCT01951664

Yoga Therapy in Reducing Fatigue and Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Stage I-II Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: UPCC# 08113, NCI-2014-00413, NCT01985945

Gentle Yoga and Dietary Counseling in Improving Physical Function and Quality of Life in Stage I-II Endometrial Cancer Survivors

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: Not specified
Trial IDs: OSU-13005, NCI-2014-00770, 18240, 2013C0043, NCT02465541

Couple-Based Yoga Program in Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Stage I-IIIB Cancer of the Esophagus or Lung Undergoing Radiation Therapy and Their Caregivers

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: 2014-0036, NCI-2015-01902, NCT02196844

Couples-Based Yoga Program in Improving Quality of Life in Patients with High-Grade Glioma Undergoing Radiation Therapy and Their Partners

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: 2015-0013, NCI-2015-01124, NCT02481349

Yoga Therapy for Living Well in Patients with Stage IV or Recurrent Metastatic Breast Cancer

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 21 and over
Trial IDs: Pro00044446, NCI-2014-00032, NCT01927081

Programs to Support You during Chemotherapy (Pro-You)

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Biomarker/Laboratory analysis, Supportive care
Age: 21 and over
Trial IDs: VICC GI 1549, NCI-2015-01042, NCT02489422

Ayurvedic Intervention in Improving Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Educational/Counseling/Training
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: 11801, NCI-2012-00602, NCT01488123

Yoga or Stretching and Relaxation in Improving Physical Function in Patients with Stage 0-III Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy

Phase: Phase III
Type: Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: 2009-0976, NCI-2012-01895, NCT01202851

Integrative Oncology Program in Improving Cancer-Related Outcomes in Patients with Stage III Breast Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Behavioral study, Biomarker/Laboratory analysis, Educational/Counseling/Training
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: 2012-0112, NCI-2014-02449, NCT02079662

Mindfulness Intervention in Reducing Anxiety in Patients Who Have Been Treated for Gynecologic Cancer

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Biomarker/Laboratory analysis, Supportive care
Age: 18 and over
Trial IDs: UW15000, NCI-2015-01263, 2015-0549, NCT02518308

Massage Therapy Compared to Light Touch Therapy in Decreasing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors

Phase: No phase specified
Type: Supportive care
Age: 18 to 65
Trial IDs: R21AT007090, NCI-2014-01419, mCRF, NCT01926678

Copyright 2016 Karen Armstrong E-RYT, LVCYT All Rights Reserved (Used with permission)

Yoga for Cancer Patients a Prescription for Sleep, Vitality (as Studied at Rochester Medical Center) May 20, 2010, 6:06 PM EDT – Democrat and Chronicle By Tom Randall .“We’re not talking about using a Ouija board and using fern leaves instead of chemotherapy,” Merrell said. “We’re talking about relaxation techniques to integrate the mind and body — instead of feeling disconnected from this cancer that’s in you, to feel that you’re a whole human being and you’re going on this path toward healing.”

Effectiveness of Yoga Therapy as a Complementary Treatment for Major Psychiatric Disorders: A Meta-Analysis

  • ♦Yoga can be effective in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
  • ♦Yoga has few contraindications and few side effects.
  • ♦Yoga may be a helpful complementary treatment for psychiatric disorders

 

PMCID: PMC3219516

PMID: 22

Meditation 

Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Meditation Techniques as Treatments for Medical Illness Background: Meditative techniques are sought frequently by patients coping with medical and psychological problems. “Safe and effective..

Albert J. Arias Karen Steinberg, Alok Banga Robert L. Trestman

Published Online:11 Oct 2006https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2006.12.817

Mindfulness at school reduces (likelihood of) depression-related symptoms in adolescents  Secondary school students who follow an in-class mindfulness program report reduced indications of depression, anxiety and stress up to six months later. Moreover, these students were less likely to develop pronounced depression-like symptoms.

Date:March 15, 2013/Source:KU Leuven

Summary: Secondary school students who follow an in-class mindfulness program report reduced indications of depression, anxiety and stress up to six months later.

From the National Coalition of Cancer Survivorship How Mindfulness is incorporated into medical practices:

Mindfulness based stress reduction ( MSBR) Chronic physical/emotional pain

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy ( MBCT) Repeat of depressive episodes

Dialectic Behavior Therapy ( DBT) Personality/eating disorders

This Acceptance and commitment therapy ( ACT) Mindfulness and Buddhist ideas.

Comparing Individual Preferences for Four Meditation Techniques: Zen, Vipassana (Mindfulness), Qigong, and Mantra Adam Burke, PhD, MPH, LAcCorrespondence information about the author PhD, MPH, LAc Adam BurkeEmail the author PhD, MPH, LAc Adam Burke

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2012.04.003 “Most patients preferred Zen and Vipassana – and accured QOL benefits overtime.”

 

Mind Over Matter: Can Zen Meditation Help You Forget About Pain? By Meredith Melnick @meredithcmDec. 09, 2010 – article reporting on research

The studies add to the evidence that mindfulness techniques like meditation can be learned, and that they may help in the management of a variety of conditions. “The results suggest that Zen meditators may have a training-related ability to disengage some

higher-order brain processes, while still experiencing the stimulus,” said Rainville. “Such an ability could have widespread and profound implications for pain and emotion regulation and cognitive control.”

BMC Complement Altern Med. 2017 Aug 8;17(1):390. doi: 10.1186/s12906-017-1898-Study protocol on comparative effectiveness of mindfulness meditation and qigong on psychophysiological outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial.

Ho RTH1,2Wan AHY3,4Chan JSM4Ng SM4Chung KF5Chan CLW4. Large study showed significant pain management improvement in meditation and qigong, lower stress level, and overall QOL.

 

Conclusions:

Yoga for improving health-related quality of life, mental health and cancer-related symptoms in women diagnosed with breast cancer Cochrane Review 2018/2017

 

We included 24 studies with a total of 2166 participants, 23 of which provided data

Moderate-quality evidence supports the recommendation of yoga as a supportive intervention for improving health-related quality of life and reducing fatigue and sleep disturbances when compared with no therapy, as well as for reducing depression, anxiety and fatigue, when compared with psychosocial/educational interventions.

 

CALL  TO  ACTION

 

Yoga practices positively address many of the side effects that cancer patients, survivors experience. These effects are also felt by anyone involved in cancer research:  scientists, doctors, nurses, therapists, caregivers.

 

Yoga practices encompasses the entire person:  mind, body, emotions, and spiritually (not religiously).

 

More studies are needed in the field of Yoga Therapy and Cancer.

 

FAVORITE BOOKS

The Breathing Book, by Donna Farhi

Healing Mudras, by Sabina Mesko

Yogic Management of Cancer, by Dr. Swami Nirmalananda

The Yamas & Niyamas, by Deborah Adele

Exercises for Joints and Glands, by Swami Rama

Yoga and Breast Cancer, Ingrid Kollak and Isabell Utz-Billing, MD

The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, by Ray Long, MD

Relax and Renew, by Judith Laster, Ph.D.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, by Sri Swami Satchidananda

ABC Workbook for Cancer Patients, by Robin B. Dilley

Returning to Health with Dance, Movement and Imagery, by Anna Halprin

Yoga for Wellness, Gary Kraftsow

The Stress Management Workbook, by Ruth C. White, PhD

Meditation books by Jon Kabat Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Pema Chodron