Original Scientific Paper

Effects of a Combined Iyengar Yoga and Yoga Nidra Intervention on Pain, Physiological, and Psychological Outcomes in Older Men with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Ajendra Narayan Samal¹, Shankar Kanagasabapathy², Josyula Tejaswi³, Satheeshkumar Palanivel⁴, Jagadeeswari Suresh⁵, Ibnu Noufal Kambitta Valappil⁶, Mou Pramanik⁷, Karuppasamy Govindasamy⁸, Carmen Magdalena Camenidis⁹, Vlad Adrian Geantă¹⁰

¹Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Faculty of Yoga Science and Therapy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
²Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Department of Community Medicine, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
³Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Department of Physical Education Pedagogy, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴Bharathidasan University, Department of Physical Education and Yoga, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
⁵Pondicherry University Community College, Department of Physical Education and Yoga, Puducherry, India
⁶Pondicherry University, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Puducherry, India
⁷SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Yoga, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India
⁸Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Department of Sports, Recreation and Wellness, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
⁹Ferdinand I School, Bucharest, Romania
¹⁰Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Arad, Romania

Sport Mont 2026, 24( 1), Ahead of Print

DOI: 10.26773/smj.260209

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