Research Directory

1) Yoga for women with fibromyalgia (single cohort study):

Curtis, K., Osadchuk, A., & Katz, J. (2011). An eight-week yoga intervention is associated with improvements in pain, psychological functioning and mindfulness, and changes in cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia. Journal of pain research, 4, 189–201. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S22761

2) Yoga for individuals with complex multi-morbidity (single cohort study):

Curtis, K., Kuluski, K., Bechsgaard, G., Ridgway, J., & Katz, J. (2016). Evaluation of a Specialized Yoga Program for Persons Admitted to a Complex Continuing Care Hospital: A Pilot Study. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM, 2016, 6267879. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6267879

3) Yoga for individuals with spinal cord injury (single cohort study):

Curtis, K., Hitzig, S., Leong, N., Wicks, C., Ditor, D., & Katz, J. (2015). Evaluation of a

Modified Yoga Program for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 49(2), 97-117.

4) Yoga for individuals with spinal cord injury (randomized controlled trial):

Curtis, K., Hitzig, S. L., Bechsgaard, G., Stoliker, C., Alton, C., Saunders, N., Leong, N., & Katz, J. (2017). Evaluation of a specialized yoga program for persons with a spinal cord injury: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of pain research, 10, 999–1017. https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S130530

5) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for elderly individuals (single cohort study, unpublished):

Evaluation of stress, mood, mindfulness and neurocognitive function in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program for community dwelling seniors.

6) Yoga for individuals with persistent pain related to surgical-oncology (multi-wave randomized control trial, in progress):

Evaluation of the Transitional Pain Service Surgical Yoga Program for Individuals with Persistent Pain; a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial