The effect of home-based yoga exercises on quality of life among postpartum women
Sally Abd-Elrahman Mohammed, Madiha Hassan, Zeinab Gazar, Mohamed Fayek, Doaa Mostafa Sheashaa · 2026
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Sally Abd-Elrahman Mohammed and colleagues wrote a 2026 study on home yoga for women after childbirth. The weeks after birth often bring pain, stress, and a drop in quality of life. Yoga mixes gentle movement, breathing, and relaxation, and doing it at home keeps costs low. The team tested a home program at a university hospital in Egypt.
Three hundred women were split evenly into a yoga group and a control group. The yoga group used a schedule card to guide and log practice, and both groups answered quality of life surveys. After the program, quality of life scores differed sharply between groups, and every woman in the yoga group reported some satisfaction, against none in the control group. The authors urge adding home yoga to routine care after birth.
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| CREATOR | Sally Abd-Elrahman Mohammed, Madiha Hassan, Zeinab Gazar, Mohamed Fayek, Doaa Mostafa Sheashaa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51171 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |