The Penn Lifestyle Modification and Blood Pressure Study

NCT00328666 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of 12 weeks of structured classes of either iyengar yoga (IY) or an enhanced usual care intervention on blood pressure, heart rate variability, quality of life measures, lipid measures, and safety in patients with high-normal to stage I hypertension.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Iyengar yoga

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced nutritional care classes

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Raymond Townsend, MD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Primary Completion
2007-01-31
Completion
2007-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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