Yoga, Reduces Symptoms and Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a condition of a neurological disorder caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain inducing the sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance and convulsions.

People with epilepsy participated in a yoga class may benefit to a reduction in seizure frequency or seizure duration and the overall reduction in seizure frequency, a renowned study suggested.




In the review of literature in the database of the Cochrane Epilepsy Group trial register, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (The Cochrane Library Issue 4, 1998), MEDLINE articles published up to the middle of 1998, a study of a total of 32 patients, 10 to Sahaja yoga and 22 to control, showed that
1. 4/10 patients were seizure free for six months compared to none in the control groups
2. In compared to 1 patient in the nontreatment group, 9/10 yoga participants showed a 50% reduced seizure frequency
3. The yoga group also enjoyed the decline in the average number of attacks per month
4. Yoga participants also showed a 50% reduction in seizure duration.

Other, in a randomized controlled trial with repeated measures (N=18), all participants had an EEG-verified epilepsy diagnosis with drug-refractory seizures randomized into one of two groups: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT or yoga, both ACT and yoga showed significantly reduce seizure index and increase the quality of life over time.

Yoga participants also improved quality of life significantly as compared with the ACT group measured by the Satisfaction with Life Scale.

Additionally, in the total of 300 yoga amongst people living with epilepsy(male:female=173:127; age: 31.6±12.4 years) attending the neurology out-patient services of a neuropsychiatry hospital, 33.7% of the respondents, yoga practicing expressed benefits in managing epilepsy and a willing rate of practiced yoga of 54.8%, according to the pre-tested KAP questionnaire.

Correspondents also opinioned that regular practice of yoga might reduce the dosage of medication (62.8%), their side effects (51.3%) and frequency of seizures (54.5%).

Taking together, yoga may be considered as an integrated form of a potential treatment for epilepsy in reduced symptoms of convulsion and improved quality of life through decreased duration and frequency of seizure.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Yoga for epilepsy by Panebianco M1, Sridharan K, Ramaratnam S.(PubMed)
(2) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and yoga for drug-refractory epilepsy: a randomized controlled trial by Lundgren T1, Dahl J, Yardi N, Melin L.(PubMed)
(3) Yoga and epilepsy: What do patients perceive? by Naveen GH1, Sinha S, Girish N, Taly AB, Varambally S, Gangadhar BN.(PubMed)