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Intellectual disabilities and yoga.

Satendra Singh1.   

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Year:  2013        PMID: 23436969      PMCID: PMC3573550          DOI: 10.4103/0973-6131.105954

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Int J Yoga        ISSN: 0973-6131


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Sir, It was with interest and admiration that I read Hawkins et al.'s article on the influence of yogic exercises on persons with intellectual disabilities.[1] There is a dearth of literature on the effect of yoga on intellectual disabilities. Lotan provided early review with a variety of interventions for individuals with Rett Syndrome.[2] Rather than clear mandate for a few interventions, the review provided effective interventions available to inquisitive parents having children with Rett Syndrome. Two esteemed members of this journal earlier studied sudomotor sympathetic hypofunction in persons with Down Syndrome.[3] In another study, Uma et al. found the efficacy of yoga as an effective therapeutic tool in the management of children with cognitive disability.[4] The authors used the term “mentally retarded children,” which I shall discourage, since being the Coordinator of Enabling Unit for medical students with disabilities, I find this term with negative connotation. Of course, it is a personal opinion and the authors are welcome to differ. The article, however, showed highly significant improvement in the intelligent quotient and social adaptation parameters in the yoga group as compared to control group. We need more of yoga studies to validate the reliability of yogic interventions on persons with disabilities. A meta-analysis published earlier this year also suggests that yoga is a useful supplementary approach with moderate effect sizes on pain and associated disability[5] The need of the hour is more rigorous and well-designed research studies to supplement literature in this relatively unexplored field.
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1.  Sudomotor sympathetic hypofunction in Down's syndrome.

Authors:  K V Naveen; S Telles
Journal:  Indian J Physiol Pharmacol       Date:  1999-10

Review 2.  Effects of yoga interventions on pain and pain-associated disability: a meta-analysis.

Authors:  Arndt Büssing; Thomas Ostermann; Rainer Lüdtke; Andreas Michalsen
Journal:  J Pain       Date:  2011-12-16       Impact factor: 5.820

Review 3.  Alternative therapeutic intervention for individuals with Rett syndrome.

Authors:  Meir Lotan
Journal:  ScientificWorldJournal       Date:  2007-05-29

4.  The integrated approach of yoga: a therapeutic tool for mentally retarded children: a one-year controlled study.

Authors:  K Uma; H R Nagendra; R Nagarathna; S Vaidehi; R Seethalakshmi
Journal:  J Ment Defic Res       Date:  1989-10

5.  The influence of a yoga exercise program for young adults with intellectual disabilities.

Authors:  Brent L Hawkins; Joanna B Stegall; Madalyn F Weber; Joseph B Ryan
Journal:  Int J Yoga       Date:  2012-07
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