Maity Kalyan, Majumdar Vijaya, Patra Sanjib, Anand Akshay
Division of Yoga and Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), Bengaluru, India.
Neuroscience Research Lab, Department of Neurology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2025 May 9;19:1553845. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2025.1553845. eCollection 2025.
The correctional "ageing crisis" underlined by accelerated ageing, attributed to a prior history of poor health and lifestyle choices amongst prisoners, and other imprisonment-related factors has been associated with a global burgeoning burden of cognitive impairment in prison settings. Cognitive impairment imposes a crucial, urgent economic and medical challenge for carceral healthcare systems. Further, lack of awareness and absence of regular diagnostic screenings and lack of implementation of appropriate interventions in the prison settings worsen the scenario. Amongst the limited efficacy and reported side effects of pharmacological treatments for cognitive dysfunction, Yoga, a cost-effective and scalable intervention could provide better avenues for halting cognitive deterioration in elderly prisoners. This article presents a perspective on how the adaptation of Yoga-based regimes in carceral settings could improve the needs of people with cognitive deficits across Indian prison settings. However, we also emphasize the need to understand the essence of readiness to achieve clinical effectiveness for combating cognitive deterioration, via the implementation of well-structured Yoga based rehabilitative programs.
矫正“衰老危机”因加速衰老而凸显，这归因于囚犯先前的健康状况不佳和生活方式选择，以及其他与监禁相关的因素，它与监狱环境中认知障碍的全球负担迅速增加有关。认知障碍给监狱医疗系统带来了至关重要且紧迫的经济和医疗挑战。此外，监狱环境中缺乏认识、缺乏定期诊断筛查以及缺乏适当干预措施的实施，使情况更加恶化。在认知功能障碍药物治疗效果有限且有副作用报道的情况下，瑜伽作为一种经济有效且可扩展的干预措施，可为阻止老年囚犯认知衰退提供更好的途径。本文阐述了在监狱环境中采用基于瑜伽的养生法如何能满足印度各地监狱中认知缺陷者的需求。然而，我们也强调需要通过实施结构完善的基于瑜伽的康复计划，来理解为对抗认知衰退实现临床效果的准备工作的本质。
