Yoga therapy for eye health and disease: A scoping review

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q3 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

European Journal of Integrative Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.eujim.2024.102427

Deenadayalan Boopalan , Archana Prabu Kumar , Mahesh Kannan Vanamoorthy , Venugopal Vijayakumar , Poornima Ravi , Madhesh Kasi , Maheshkumar Kuppusamy

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Abstract

Introduction

Yoga is widely practiced as a complementary, alternative, and integrative therapy to manage various health conditions. Existing literature indicates that yoga may play a role in eye care. The objective of this review was to investigate the available evidence of yoga in eye care.

Methods

This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's framework and adhered to The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR). It gathered literature from PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Google Scholar using keywords and MeSH terms related to yoga and eye care, until 31st October 2024. The eligibility criteria for included studies were predefined using the PICO framework.

Results

A total of 29 studies, involving 1,938 participants aged 10 to 86 years, included healthy individuals and those with conditions like glaucoma, myopia, hypertension, and pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Interventions comprised asanas, pranayama, trataka, yogic ocular exercises, and relaxation techniques. Six studies reported reduced intraocular pressure (IOP), with other benefits including improved visual acuity, refractive power, and reduced eye strain. Adverse events included increased IOP, corneal thickness, and rare complications like vitreous detachment. Interventions varied in frequency and duration, with limited details on therapist training and supervision.

Conclusions

This scoping review highlights promising evidence supporting yoga therapy's role in promoting eye health and managing specific ocular conditions. However, further high quality randomized controlled trials are recommended to establish its safety, efficacy and to strengthen the clinical evidence.

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导言：瑜伽作为一种补充、替代和综合疗法被广泛用于控制各种健康状况。现有文献表明，瑜伽可在眼部护理中发挥作用。本综述的目的是调查瑜伽在眼部护理方面的现有证据。方法本范围界定综述遵循 Arksey 和 O'Malley 的框架，并遵守范围界定综述的《系统综述和元分析首选报告项目》扩展版（PRISMA-ScR）。该研究从 PubMed/MEDLINE、Scopus、Cochrane 图书馆、EMBASE 和 Google Scholar 中收集了与瑜伽和眼部护理相关的关键词和 MeSH 术语的文献，截止日期为 2024 年 10 月 31 日。结果共有 29 项研究，涉及 1,938 名参与者，年龄在 10 至 86 岁之间，包括健康人和患有青光眼、近视、高血压和假性角膜剥脱综合征等疾病的人。干预措施包括体位法、呼吸法、Trataka、瑜伽眼保健操和放松技巧。六项研究报告了眼内压（IOP）的降低情况，其他益处包括视力提高、屈光力增强和眼疲劳减轻。不良反应包括眼压升高、角膜厚度增加以及玻璃体脱离等罕见并发症。干预措施的频率和持续时间各不相同，治疗师培训和监督方面的细节也很有限。然而，建议进一步开展高质量的随机对照试验，以确定其安全性和有效性，并加强临床证据。

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European Journal of Integrative Medicine INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

4.00%

发文量

102

审稿时长

33 days

期刊介绍： The European Journal of Integrative Medicine (EuJIM) considers manuscripts from a wide range of complementary and integrative health care disciplines, with a particular focus on whole systems approaches, public health, self management and traditional medical systems. The journal strives to connect conventional medicine and evidence based complementary medicine. We encourage submissions reporting research with relevance for integrative clinical practice and interprofessional education. EuJIM aims to be of interest to both conventional and integrative audiences, including healthcare practitioners, researchers, health care organisations, educationalists, and all those who seek objective and critical information on integrative medicine. To achieve this aim EuJIM provides an innovative international and interdisciplinary platform linking researchers and clinicians. The journal focuses primarily on original research articles including systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, other clinical studies, qualitative, observational and epidemiological studies. In addition we welcome short reviews, opinion articles and contributions relating to health services and policy, health economics and psychology.