Effect of integrated approach of yoga in normal pregnancy- a randomized active control trial

Abstract

Randomized prospective controlled studies have demonstrated that antenatal yoga is beneficial in many maternal outcomes including complications of pregnancy, gestational age at delivery, analgesia requirement, placental blood flow, and also in fetal outcomes with higher values on fetal intrauterine growth parameters (head circumference, femur length etc.). Apgar score at birth and birth weight, in both normal and high risk pregnancy. The present work was planned to investigate the effect of integrated yoga on labor outcome, cognitive functions and quality of life pregnant women, as this area has not been investigated before.