What’s This Research About?
This research examines whether students consider virtual yoga classes to be effective, if they subjectively increase physical and mental benefits, and how those outcomes compare to results from in-person yoga classes.
TITLE: Results from a clinical yoga program for veterans: yoga via telehealth provides comparable satisfaction and health improvements to in-person yoga
PUBLICATION: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
DATE: 2017
AUTHORS: R. Jay Schulz-Heik, Hilary Meyer, Louise Mahoney , Michael V. Stanton, Rachel H. Cho, Danae P. Moore-Downing , Timothy J. Avery , Laura C. Lazzeroni, Joanne M. Varni, Linda Martin Collery, and Peter J. Bayley
HPA-axis: Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. The interaction between the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and the adrenal gland. This plays a key role baseline in homeostasis and how the body responds to stress.
Telehealth: The distribution of health related information and services using electronic and telecommunication technologies.
36.9% of 200,000 Veterans who returned from Afghanistan and Iraq were diagnosed with a mental health disorder (21.8% with PTSD, 17.2% with depression) PTSD and depression are associated with cardiovascular disease, cancer, suicide, homelessness, and substance abuse.