| Title | Adjunct yoga therapy: Influence on heart rate variability in major depressive disorder - A randomized controlled trial. | ||
| Author | Gulati, Kankan; Bhargav, Praerna H; Reddy, Preethi V; Govindaraj, Ramajayam; Ravindran, Arya; Gayathri, D; Karmani, Sneha J; Udupa, Kaviraja; Philip, Mariamma; Debnath, Monojit; Bharath, Rose Dawn; Sathyaprabha, T N; Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan; Muralidharan, Kesavan | ||
| Journal | Asian J Psychiatr | Publication Year/Month | 2021-Nov |
| PMID | 34592624 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation + expend | 1.Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS. | ||
HRV is inversely proportional to severity of depression. Effect of 12-weeks adjunct yoga therapy on HRV in patients with MDD was assessed through a randomized controlled trial. Sixty-eight subjects (40 females) with mean age 31.58 +/- 8.79 years, scoring >/= 18 on HDRS were randomized to either (YG; n = 35) or (WG; n = 33). Linear mixed model analysis showed no significant difference between groups. On comparing change in mean percentage, substantial more decrease could be elicited only for LF/HF ratio in YG compared to WG, while being comparable for other variables across the groups. Findings suggest Yoga therapy may help in bringing parasympathetic dominance in patients with MDD.