Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review.
Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine March 1, 2026 Alyssa C Ehrhardt, Matthew J Rogatzki
A scoping review analyzed 72 studies on yoga, meditation, and mindfulness (YMM) as treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Most studies used pre-post or exploratory designs with no control group, involving up to 29 female Caucasian subjects aged 45-54 years, typically one month after mild to severe TBI. Mindfulness was the most common modality, delivered in person, weekly for 10-30 minutes over 7-8 weeks. Outcome measures primarily assessed quality of life, cognitive function, and depression. Most studies were conducted in the United States after 2010 and published in Brain Injury without funding. The review highlights a need for control groups and consistent outcome measures.