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Yoga in Pediatric Gastroenterology.
Francis Peropat1, Mazen I Abbas2, Maria E Perez3,4
1Atlantic Children's Health-Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ, USA.
Current Gastroenterology Reports
|August 12, 2024
Summary
Yoga effectively reduces pain and improves school attendance in children with functional gastrointestinal disorders. It also enhances quality of life and stress management for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients.
Area of Science:
- Integrative medicine
- Pediatric gastroenterology
- Mind-body interventions
Background:
- Pediatric yoga use has grown significantly.
- Yoga is explored for its therapeutic potential in children's health.
- This review focuses on yoga for pediatric gastrointestinal conditions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review evidence on yoga for pediatric gastrointestinal disorders.
- To assess yoga's efficacy in managing functional gastrointestinal disorders and inflammatory bowel disease in children.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on yoga in pediatric gastroenterology.
- Analysis of evidence regarding yoga's impact on pain, quality of life, and school attendance.
- Examination of yoga's role as an adjunct therapy.
Main Results:
- Yoga decreases pain intensity and frequency in pediatric disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI), including irritable bowel syndrome, functional abdominal pain, and functional dyspepsia.
- Yoga improves school attendance and health-related quality of life in pediatric patients.
- Yoga serves as an effective adjunct to standard care for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), improving quality of life and stress management.
Conclusions:
- Yoga offers significant benefits for pediatric gastroenterology patients with DGBIs and IBD, primarily through pain reduction and quality of life improvement.
- Further research is needed to determine optimal yoga practice parameters (frequency, duration) and its impact on IBD disease activity.
- Yoga holds promise for integration into routine pediatric gastroenterology care, potentially through investigating biomarkers and continued clinical studies.
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