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Retinal neurovascular signatures in response to 6-month yoga exercise in patients with Parkinson's Disease.
Key takeaways
Seventeen people with Parkinson's disease, average age 71, did three one-hour yoga sessions a week for 24 weeks. Researchers measured blood flow and vessel density in the retina, the light-sensing layer at the back of the eye, before and after. Everyone did yoga, so there was no comparison group, and any change cannot be credited to the yoga. The study is about Parkinson's disease, not kidney disease, so it is out of scope here.
Who did this work
Hoover A (Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.) · Virgets A (Department of Kinesiology and Sports Sciences, University of Miami, FL, USA.) · Martinez KJ (Department of Kinesiology and Sports Sciences, University of Miami, FL, USA.) · Levin B (Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.) · Lam BL (Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.) · Haq I (Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.) · Navia F (Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.) · Signorile JF (Department of Kinesiology and Sports Sciences, University of Miami, FL, USA.) · Wang J (Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.) · Jiang H (Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].)
Source
Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-07-27
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2026.108906