Abstract
Background
Yoga is growing in popularity as a form of exercise throughout the world. Orthopedic
patients participate in yoga, yet little is known about the ranges-of-motion of the
hip within various yoga poses. Orthopedic surgeons are unsure about what potential
positions their patients are placing their hips during a yoga practice. The aim of
this study is to quantify the degree of hip motion with common yoga poses.
Methods
Twenty healthy, regular practitioners of yoga performed 11 different yoga poses in
a standardized fashion. Motion analysis was used to capture range-of-motion of the
hip during each pose.
Results
Many yoga poses put the hip in extremes of motion. Poses such as downward dog, forward
fold, seated twist, and pigeon stressed the hip in flexion. Warrior 1, warrior 2,
crescent lunge, pigeon, and triangle stressed the hip in extension. Eagle and seated
twist put the hip in higher adduction, while half moon, eagle, and triangle produced
more hip internal rotation.
Conclusion
Many poses were found to reach extremes of hip motion. This study may help guide the
orthopedic surgeon in counseling hip arthroplasty and hip impingement patients about
yoga-related activity. By knowing which poses potentially stress the hip in particular
planes of motion, surgeons may better inform their patients who are returning to yoga
after injury or surgery.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 23, 2018
Accepted:
February 16,
2018
Received in revised form:
January 30,
2018
Received:
January 9,
2018
Footnotes
One or more of the authors of this paper have disclosed potential or pertinent conflicts of interest, which may include receipt of payment, either direct or indirect, institutional support, or association with an entity in the biomedical field which may be perceived to have potential conflict of interest with this work. For full disclosure statements refer to https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2018.02.070.
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