The effect of Sit 'n' Fit Chair Yoga among community-dwelling older adults with osteoarthritis.

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School of Social Work (Dr Park and Ms Hagen) and Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing (Drs McCaffrey and Newman), Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; and School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Dr Cheung).

Published: January 2015

The study measured effects of Sit 'N' Fit Chair Yoga on pain and physical and psychological functioning. A quasi-experimental research design included a yoga intervention group and an attention control group. There was greater improvement in depression and life satisfaction in the yoga group than in the control group.

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