the effect of yoga yoga breathing exercises on chronic low pain, anxiety, psychological and physical well-being of women with ms

objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of yoga breathing exercises on low pain, anxiety, psychological and physical well-being of women with ms in golestan province, gorgan. method: this research was conducted by using experimental study with pretest-posttest design, employing control group. the statistical population consisted of women who were member of ms society of gorgan. among them, 30 were selected and randomly allocated into two equal experimental and control groups. data-collecting instruments included the west haven-yale multidimensional pain inventory (34sf), speilberger state – trait anxiety inventory (stai-y) (40 sf), the short form health survey (sf 36) questionnaire, affect balance scale (10sf) and diener satisfaction with life scale (swls) (5sf). data were analyzed via nonparametric tests for dependent samples (pretest and posttest and mann-whitney test) and two-sample kolmogorov-smirnov test for independent samples (comparing experimental and control group). results: the data indicated that yoga breathing techniques in group, regarding the effectiveness of the intervention, was significantly (p<0.5) was verified. since z statistic was positive, the techniques decreased low pain and anxiety and increased psychological and physical well-being. conclusion: due to the effectiveness of this treatment, it is recommended to use it in different clinics to improve both the mental and physical well-being of women suffering from ms.