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This study compared the short\u2010 and long\u2010term effects of yoga versus a combined exercise programme on pain, balance, mobility, fatigue, depression, and quality of life in females with RA in remission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In this single\u2010blind, randomized controlled trial, 74 female participants were allocated to yoga (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a025), combined exercise (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a025), or a usual care control group (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a024). The intervention groups underwent an 8\u2010week supervised programme. Clinical assessments, including the Visual Analogue Scale (pain), Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go Test, Beck Depression Inventory, Fatigue Severity Scale, and Short Form\u201036, were conducted at baseline, post\u2010intervention (8\u00a0weeks), and follow\u2010up (20\u00a0weeks).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Both intervention groups demonstrated significant improvements in all outcome measures compared with the control group at post\u2010treatment and follow\u2010up (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). Notably, the yoga group exhibited superior outcomes compared to the combined exercise group in reducing pain intensity (median reduction of 4.00 vs. 2.00 points;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001,\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.724), as well as in physical function, balance, fatigue, depression, and quality of life at the 20\u2010week follow\u2010up. These benefits may be partly attributed to the incorporation of breathing and relaxation techniques inherent to yoga practice.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both 8\u2010week yoga and combined exercise programs are effective in managing residual symptoms in females with RA in clinical remission. However, yoga appears to provide superior benefits in pain management and psychosocial well\u2010being, supporting its integration into multidisciplinary RA management protocols, particularly for addressing psychosocial burden in patients achieving remission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial Registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study was retrospectively registered at NCT07072754 (\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\">clinicaltrials.gov<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      )\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/msc.70261","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]],"date-time":"2026-08-28T05:33:15Z","timestamp":1787895195000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effectiveness of Yoga and Combined Exercise in Female With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Randomized Controlled Trial"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4877-5871","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elif","family":"Umay Alta\u015f","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Bakircay University Faculty of Medicine  Izmir Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4933-076X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sevtap","family":"G\u00fcnay U\u00e7urum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Izmir K\u00e2tip Celebi University Faculty of Health Sciences  Izmir Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2359-1221","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karya","family":"Polat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Hasan Kalyoncu University Faculty of Health Sciences  Gaziantep Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-4392-0677","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00d6zlem","family":"Bolel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Izmir K\u00e2tip Celebi University Atat\u00fcrk Training and Research Hospital  Izmir Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9187-5392","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Serpil","family":"Bal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Izmir K\u00e2tip Celebi University Atat\u00fcrk Training and Research Hospital  Izmir Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_13_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12913\u2010018\u20103383\u20104"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina56040178"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3906\/sag\u20101603\u2010147"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12891\u2010015\u20100637\u20108"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00296\u2010009\u20100871\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_13_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archpsyc.1961.01710120031004"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_13_8_1","first-page":"S7","article-title":"Measuring Balance in the Elderly: Validation of an Instrument","volume":"83","author":"Berg K. 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