Can Yoga show better vascular functions than exercise among office worker: A Scoping Review

Background. Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) in the elderly is primarily caused by the loss of vascular compliance with ageing brought on by the stiffening of arteries. In older people, arterial ageing, and elevated blood pressure (BP) have emerged as the primary cardiovascular (CV) risks. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if Bikram yoga, a style of heated hatha yoga, would improve endothelial function in young, middle-aged, and older, healthy adults. Methods. 47 participants varying widely in age from 18 to 70 years were enrolled in this study. The study was conducted in four peer review journal databases (Scopus, PubMed, Ovid, and Science Direct) and studies based on randomized control trials conducted worldwide on Yoga, Vascular Function, Exercise, and Office workers. Results. Yoga intervention shows improvement in vascular function, arterial stiffness, and flow mediated dilation. Yoga shows a significant reduction in HR (p = 0.031) and increase in pulse pressure (PD) within-yoga group whereas in exercise group does not show any significance in ventricular function, the mean increase in Left ventricular ejection time (LVET) was noticed in yoga group. The between group analysis has shown significant difference in post-intervention RPP between the yoga and exercise groups, indicating that the improvement in myocardial performance was more significant in the yoga group compared to the exercise group. There was a significant reduction in mean% Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) with a P value of 0.004, indicating yoga had a beneficial effect on reducing MAP. However, brachial artery FMD (Flow Mediated Dilation) was significantly increased after the intervention in older adults but not in young subjects.