Maturitas
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 198-204 , 20 February 2007

Feasibility and acceptability of restorative yoga for treatment of hot flushes: A pilot trial

  • Beth E. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • General Internal Medicine Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA, United States
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: San Francisco VA Medical Center, General Internal Medicine Section (111A1), 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121-1598, United States. Tel.: +1 415 750 2093; fax: +1 415 379 5573.
    • ,
  • Alka M. Kanaya

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • Women's Health Clinical Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Judith L. Macer

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Clinical Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Hui Shen

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Clinical Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • ,
  • A. Ann Chang

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health Clinical Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Deborah Grady

      Affiliations

    • General Internal Medicine Section, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA, United States
    • Women's Health Clinical Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

Received 20 July 2006 ,Accepted 8 August 2006.

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PII: S0378-5122(06)00287-8

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.08.003

Maturitas
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 198-204 , 20 February 2007

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