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The Safety of Yoga: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Cramer, Holger, Ward, Lesley, Saper, Robert, Fishbein, Daniel, Dobos, Gustav, Lauche, Romy·2015·American Journal of Epidemiology

DOI 10.1093/aje/kwv071

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As yoga has gained popularity as a therapeutic intervention, its safety has been questioned in the lay press. Thus, this review aimed to systematically assess and meta-analyze the frequency of adverse events in randomized controlled trials of yoga. MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, and IndMED were screened through February 2014. Of 301 identified randomized controlled trials of yoga, 94 (1975-2014; total of 8,430 participants) reported on adverse events. Life-threatening, disabling adverse events or those requiring intensive treatment were defined as serious and all other events as nonserious. No differences in the frequency of intervention-related, nonserious, or serious adverse events and of dropouts due to adverse events were found when comparing yoga with usual care or exercise. Compared with psychological or educational interventions (e.g., health education), more intervention-related adverse events (odds ratio = 4.21, 95% confidence interval: 1.01, 17.67; P = 0.05) and more nonserious adverse events (odds ratio = 7.30, 95% confidence interval: 1.91, 27.92; P < 0.01) occurred in the yoga group; serious adverse events and dropouts due to adverse events were comparable between groups. Findings from this review indicate that yoga appears as safe as usual care and exercise. The adequate reporting of safety data in future randomized trials of yoga is crucial to conclusively judge its safety.

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Authors: Cramer, H., Ward, L., Saper, R., Fishbein, D., Dobos, G., & Lauche, R.
Affiliations: University of Technology Sydney (AU)
Boston University (US)
University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Corresponding author: Cramer, Holger
ORCID: Cramer, Holger
Ward, Lesley
Saper, Robert
Lauche, Romy
Venue: American Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2015-06-26
Volume: 182
Issue: 4
Pages: 281-293
ISSN: 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv071
OpenAlex: W2154895014
Cited by: 207
References: 147
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 3
FWCI: 4.71
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Keywords: yoga, safety, adverse events, serious adverse events, dropout, physical activity, usual care, health education, safety reporting, randomized controlled trials
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Safety, Wounds and Injuries, Yoga, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Databases, Bibliographic, Mind-Body Therapies, Young Adult

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