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Yoga is a complementary approach for PTSD therapy.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This randomized controlled trial explored whether yoga intervention has effects on reducing the symptoms of PTSD in women survived in MVA. Participants (n\u2009=\u200994) were recruited and randomized into control group or yoga group. Participants attended 6 45-minuite yoga sessions in 12\u00a0weeks. Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) and Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) were used to assess psychological distress.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Post-intervention IES-R total score of yoga group was significantly lower than that of control group (p\u2009=\u20090.01). At both post-intervention and 3-months post intervention, the DASS-21 total scores of yoga group were both significantly lower than those of control group (p\u2009=\u20090.043, p\u2009=\u20090.024). Yoga group showed lower anxiety and depression level compared to control group at both post-intervention (p\u2009=\u20090.033, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and post-follow-up (p\u2009=\u20090.004, p\u2009=\u20090.035). Yoga group had lower levels of intrusion and avoidance compared to control group after intervention (p\u2009=\u20090.002, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Results illustrate that yoga intervention may alleviate anxiety and depression and improve the symptoms of PTSD in women with PTSD following MVA.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12967-022-03356-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,5]],"date-time":"2022-04-05T13:10:45Z","timestamp":1649164245000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["A randomized controlled trial of the influence of yoga for women with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Lei","family":"Yi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yunling","family":"Lian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ning","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ni","family":"Duan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"3356_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"483","DOI":"10.1002\/da.22006","volume":"30","author":"A Nickerson","year":"2013","unstructured":"Nickerson A, Aderka IM, Bryant RA, Hofmann SG. 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