The Impact of Yoga on Increasing the Symptoms of Tic Disorders in Students with Intellectual Disabilities

The aim of the present study is to examine the effect of Yoga on increasing the symptoms of tic disorders in students with intellectual disability (ID). The study was a quasi-experimental research with two hetero-geneous group designs with pretest and posttest. At the first, from 105 students with ID who had recognized with chronic motor and vocal tics, 26 students (12 girls and 14 boys) were selected by cluster random sampling method. Then, they were divided to experimental and control groups. Factor analysis revealed a significant difference between the experimental and control group (α=0/01) and Yoga reduced the symptoms of tic disorders. Yoga had significant impact on increasing the symptoms of tic disorders in students with ID.