From: Establishing key components of yoga interventions for musculoskeletal conditions: a Delphi survey
Theme: subtheme | Item Description |
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Defining the yoga intervention: | |
● Types of intervention parameters | |
1 Dosage of yoga (hours/intervention) | |
2 Duration of the yoga intervention (total number of weeks) | |
3 Duration of the yoga session (minutes/session) | |
4 Frequency of the yoga session (number of sessions/week) | |
● Minimum parameter values | |
5 Recommended minimum duration of a yoga intervention for musculoskeletal conditions: 8 weeks | |
6 Recommended minimum duration of a yoga session for musculoskeletal conditions: 60 minutes | |
7 Recommended minimum frequency of a yoga session for musculoskeletal conditions: Once per week | |
8 Recommended minimum frequency of home practice for musculoskeletal conditions: Three times per week | |
9 Recommended minimum session duration of home practice for musculoskeletal conditions: 30 minutes | |
● Appropriateness of the intervention to a musculoskeletal population | |
10 Expectations of study participants (i.e. attendance, abstinence from co-interventions) should be clearly specified prior to recruitment | |
11 Yoga practices included in the protocol should be appropriate for the health and fitness limitations of the musculoskeletal conditions being studied | |
12 The intervention protocol should allow for modification of yoga practices to accommodate participants individual musculoskeletal limitations | |
13 The musculoskeletal condition being researched must be clearly defined | |
Types of yoga practices to include | |
14 Yoga postures/Asana | |
15 Yoga breathing/Pranayama | |
16 Yoga relaxation techniques | |
17 Mindfulness | |
Delivery of the yoga protocol: | |
● Yoga instructors | |
18 Yoga instructors should have a recognised yoga teaching qualification | |
19 Yoga instructors should have experience in teaching yoga to people with musculoskeletal conditions | |
20 Yoga instructors should be monitored for fidelity of delivery of the yoga intervention | |
● Best practice instruction | |
21 Best practice instruction of a yoga protocol for musculoskeletal conditions should emphasise integration of the yoga practices of body, breath and mind | |
22 Best practice instruction of a yoga protocol for musculoskeletal conditions should emphasise principles of safety in carrying out yoga practices | |
23 Best practice instruction of a yoga protocol for musculoskeletal conditions should emphasise principles of postural alignment | |
24 Best practice instruction of a yoga protocol for musculoskeletal conditions should emphasise principles of integrating yoga practice into study participants’ daily activities | |
● Study participant resources | |
25 Written instructions for home practice | |
Domains of outcome measures to include | |
26 Outcome measures of physical function | |
27 Outcome measures of activities of daily living | |
28 Outcome measures of pain | |
29 Outcome measures of psychological well-being | |
30 Outcome measures of quality of life | |
31 Both biomedical and psychosocial outcome measures should be included within an intervention | |
Reporting of yoga interventions for musculoskeletal conditions | |
32 Accepted reporting guidelines such as the “CONSORT Statement to Trials of Nonpharmacologic Treatment” should be followed when reporting a yoga intervention for musculoskeletal conditions | |
33 Names of all yoga practices should be clearly detailed in the study write-up |