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PubMed, Scopus, Elton Bryson Stephens Company (EBSCO), and Cochrane Library were screened for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the effects of yoga in patients on NP. Usual care, no treatment, or any active treatments were acceptable as control interventions. Primary outcome measures were objective or subjective assessment measures of pain intensity. For each outcome, standardized mean differences and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. A total of four studies were included for qualitative synthesis. Meta-analysis of three studies revealed an overall effect (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) in the favor of yoga as an intervention for NP, when compared to controls, although the effect was not statistically significant (three RCTs;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 1.10 [\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.27]; Heterogeneity: \u03c4\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0.37; \u03c7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 27.78, df = 2 [\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.00001];\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">I<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 93%). This review divulged the overall favorable effect of yoga in NP, although it was not statistically significant. It highlights the promising role of yoga on pain intensity and quality of life in NP syndromes while showing that yoga has the advantage of being an inexpensive and easily accessible mode of therapy. 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