Abstracts tagged "yoga"

Abstract Number: 2384 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Yoga Improves Fatigue and Mental Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Silva Pukšić¹, Joško Mitrović ², Melanie-Ivana Čulo ², Marcela Živković ³, Biserka Orehovec ⁴, Dubravka Bobek ⁵, Marko Lucijanić ⁶ and Jadranka Morović-Vergles ⁷, ¹Department of Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, ²Department of Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, ³Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁴Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁵Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with Rheumatology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁶Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia, ⁷Department of Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergology, University Hospital Dubrava, School of Medicine,Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients perceive reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) through functional disability, pain, increased fatigue and impaired psychological functioning. Previous trials demonstrated…