Yoga for Teens With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Results From a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.
Subhadra Evans, Laura C Seidman, Kirsten Lung and 2 others
PMID 30113959WHAT IT FOUND
Half the teens with IBS who tried twice-weekly yoga had clear abdominal pain relief; half did not.
Responders felt benefits early and had supportive parents, while non-responders said relief faded outside class.
Key findings
01Nine teens were classified as responders and nine as non-responders based on abdominal pain change after 6 weeks of twice-weekly yoga.
02Responders described benefits soon after starting, while non-responders said relief did not transfer outside class and parents were less involved.
03Teens generally felt Iyengar yoga fit IBS, but wanted prescribed, supported homework because home practice was low and benefits were limited outside class.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
Only 18 teens were analysed, and the responder split was made after treatment based on pain change. The current analysis did not compare the yoga group with the usual-care waitlist control group. Baseline attrition was 24%, and teens attended an average of 10/12 classes. Almost no one was still doing yoga at the 2-month follow-up. The quantitative comparison was exploratory and included trends. The number of caregivers interviewed is not stated.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that yoga is effective for teens with IBS. This analysis included only 18 teens who received yoga, split them into responders and non-responders after the fact, and did not compare them with a control group in this paper.