Shah Komal, Adhikari Chiranjivi, Saha Somen, Saxena Deepak
Department of Public Health, Indian Institute of Public Health-Gandhinagar (IIPHG), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Department of Public Health, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara-30, Nepal.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 May;11(5):1683-1701. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2182_21. Epub 2022 May 14.
Yoga is recognized and practiced for different levels of prevention since antiquity. The current scoping review aimed to identify and document the evidence reporting the effect of yoga interventions on immunity against COVID-19 infection. Three databases--PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar, were searched to identify eligible studies. Articles published in English after 2010 and assessing the impact of any form of yoga (such as yogasanas, meditations, or pranayamas) on immunological markers were included in the review. The studies without information of the intervention on immunity markers, and experience sharing reviews were excluded. The search yielded 45 eligible articles with majority of the studies being published from the USA and India. Most of the studies were randomized controlled trials, enrolling the adult population with a specific focus on diseases like HIV, cancer, and heart failure. It was observed that a variety of yoga interventions along with meditation and pranayama, in different combinations were used by the authors. However, all these studies unanimously reported improvement in immunological profile (indicated by improved biochemical markers) of an individual (irrespective of disease state and type) with yoga. Moreover, the beneficial effects of these traditional Indian interventions were also found to have a positive impact on overall physical and physiological wellbeing and quality of life. Findings from the existing literature indicate that the practice of yoga has the potential to strengthen cell-mediated immunity and hence could be used as an effective preventive measure against COVID-19 where immunity plays a critical role.
自古以来，瑜伽就因其不同程度的预防作用而得到认可和实践。当前的范围综述旨在识别和记录报告瑜伽干预对抵抗新冠病毒感染免疫力影响的证据。检索了三个数据库——PubMed、Cochrane和谷歌学术，以识别符合条件的研究。纳入综述的文章为2010年后发表的英文文章，且评估了任何形式的瑜伽（如意念瑜伽、冥想或呼吸法）对免疫标志物的影响。排除了未提供免疫标志物干预信息的研究以及经验分享类综述。检索结果产生了45篇符合条件的文章，其中大多数研究来自美国和印度。大多数研究是随机对照试验，招募的成年人群特别关注如艾滋病毒、癌症和心力衰竭等疾病。据观察，作者们使用了各种瑜伽干预措施以及冥想和呼吸法的不同组合。然而，所有这些研究一致报告称，瑜伽可改善个体（无论疾病状态和类型）的免疫状况（以改善的生化标志物为指标）。此外，还发现这些传统印度干预措施的有益效果对整体身体和生理健康以及生活质量有积极影响。现有文献的研究结果表明，瑜伽练习有可能增强细胞介导的免疫力，因此在免疫力起关键作用的情况下，可作为预防新冠病毒的有效措施。
