Effect of Jyoti-Trataka on intraocular pressure, autonomic control, and blood glucose in diabetic patients with high-tension primary open-angle glaucoma: a randomized-controlled trial
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Ali Mohamed Ali Ismail
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Hatem Fawzy Abd Elfatah Abo Saif
Abstract
Objectives
Yoga is used as a complementary therapy to control the symptomatic and complicated consequences of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) but the effect of Jyoti-Trataka yoga (gazing steadily at a 4-feet away-fixed candle flame) on the intraocular pressure (IOP), autonomic control, and fasting blood glucose (FBG) in T2DM patients with high-tension primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) was not previously investigated. This study aimed to search the effect of Jyoti-Trataka on IOP, systolic blood pressure (SBP), respiratory rate (RR), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), FBG, and pulse rate (PR) in T2DM patients with bilateral high-tension POAG.
Methods
The patients with a 52- to 67-year range and body mass index below 30 kg/m2 were randomly assigned to one of two 30-patient groups, study or control groups. Besides the administered oral hypoglycemic drugs by both groups, the study group only received one month of daily 55-min Jyoti-Trataka session.
Results
A significant decrease (p<0.05) was identified after the comparison between the pre and post SBP, RR, DBP, FBG, IOP of both eyes, and PR in the study group while the control group exhibited no significant changes of all measures (p>0.05). In-favor-of the study group, the between-group post-treatment comparison showed a significant improvement of all measures (p<0.05).
Conclusions
Jyoti-Trataka is a good yogic complementary therapy that can be used to regulate autonomic functions, blood glucose, and IOP in T2DM patients with high-tension POAG.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All author accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Author state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Ethical approval: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review (the local ethical committee of faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University approved the protocol of the study
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- Frontmatter
- Reviews
- A preliminary systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of heart rate variability biofeedback on heart rate variability and respiration of athletes
- The potential positive epigenetic effects of various mind-body therapies (MBTs): a narrative review
- The effect of Chlorella vulgaris on obesity related metabolic disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
- Biological and medicinal application of Cucumis sativus Linn. – review of current status with future possibilities
- The effect of the herbal medicine on severity of cyclic mastalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Research Articles
- Chemical compositions, antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic effects of Alhagi mannifera five extracts
- Anticonvulsive and anti-epileptogenesis effects of Echinacea purpurea root extract, an involvement of CB2 receptor
- Fermented maize slurry (Ogi) and its supernatant (Omidun) mitigate elevated intraocular pressure by modulating BDNF expression and glial plasticity in the retina-gut axis of glaucomatous rats
- Levetiracetam exposure during prenatal and postnatal period induces cognitive decline in rat offsprings, not completely prevented by Bacopa monnieri
- Antibiofilm action of Persea americana glycolic extract over Acinetobacter baumannii and absence of toxicity in Galleria mellonella
- Validation of Unani concept of Abadāl-i-Adwiya (drug substitution) by physicochemical standardization and hepatoprotective activity of Aristolochia rotunda Linn. and its substitute Curcuma Zedoaria Rosc. in albino Wistar rats
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