EFFECT OF YOGA ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN PEOPLE WITH HYPERTENSION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Letícia Mello
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Souza, Sara Gomes de, Lima, Francisco Veríssimo Perrout, Martinez, Daniel Godoy, Laterza, Mateus Camaroti
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Corpoconsciência (Online)
• DOI: 10.51283/rc.27.e14780
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/corpoconsciencia/article/view/14780
• topic: Yoga; Hipertensión; Presión Arterial Alta; Yoga; Hipertensão; Pressão Arterial Alta; Yoga; Hypertension; High Blood Pressure

Hypertension is one of the main causes of death in Brazil and in the world. On the other side, studies suggest that yoga practice can be an interesting complementary strategy for the treatment of the disease. The aim of this study was to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of this practice on the blood pressure of people with hypertension. Two reviewers performed searches in Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane and LILACS databases. Randomized clinical trials that evaluated the effect of yoga on blood pressure in adult volunteers diagnosed with arterial hypertension were included. Random effects meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effect of yoga on blood pressure, using Stata software (version 16.0, StataCrop, College Station, Texas, USA). A total of 945 articles were found and, after verifying the eligibility criteria, 10 were included. Of these 10 studies, 8 reported a significant reduction in blood pressure levels after the yoga intervention period. Through meta-analysis, yoga physical training significantly reduced systolic blood pressure (MD = -7.28; 95% IC = -11.32; -3.23 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (MD = -4.81; 95% CI = -8.22; -1.40 mmHg) in people with hypertension. Yoga training is an effective treatment for arterial hypertension.