Comparative Effectiveness of Pnf - Based and Yoga - Based Elastic Resistance Training on Postural Control in Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: a Two - Group Comparative Study.
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Low back pain is a major source of disability, and non-pharmacologicalrehabilitation is central to contemporary management. Yoga combines graded movement,postural control, breathing and attentional regulation, but short-term comparative trajectoriesof pain and functional disability remain clinically relevant.Objective: To compare 21-day changes in Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain scores and rawOswestry Disability Index (ODI) totals between a Yoga group and a Control group.Methods: This comparative longitudinal analysis included 33 participants: Yoga, n=15 (IDs1-15), and Control, n=18 (IDs 16-33). VAS and ODI were recorded on Days 1, 7, 14 and 21.Participant-level spreadsheet data were independently cleaned and analysed; names wereremoved. Gaussian generalized estimating equations (GEE) with exchangeable workingcorrelation and robust standard errors tested group, time and group-by-time effects.Friedman, Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney U and Spearman procedures provided non-parametricsensitivity and exploratory analyses.Results: No statistically significant baseline difference was detected for age (27.6±9.2 vs31.5±9.6 years; p=0.243), VAS (median 8 vs 8; p=0.359) or ODI (median 25 vs 23;p=0.363). Significant group-by-time interactions occurred for VAS (Wald χ²=52.59, df=3,p<0.001) and ODI (χ²=35.34, df=3, p<0.001). By Day 21, median VAS was 0 (IQR 1) inYoga and 2.5 (IQR 1) in Control; median ODI was 1 (IQR 1.5) and 5 (IQR 3.75),respectively. Baseline-to-Day-21 improvement favoured Yoga for VAS (median 8 vs 5;rank-biserial r=0.663, Holm-adjusted p=0.001) and ODI (23 vs 16.5; r=0.456, adjustedp=0.027). Age, yoga-introduction day and sex were not statistically associated with Yoga-group improvement, although subgroup precision was limited.Conclusion: The Yoga group showed a faster and greater short-term reduction in pain anddisability than the Control group. Because allocation, co-interventions and protocol detailswere unavailable, causal interpretation requires caution and confirmation in larger controlledstudies.
Source: The Bioscan.
Language: English
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7202264033