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The Effects of a Yoga Program in Heart Failure Patients

NCT00794027 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-08-02

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Summary

The proposed research will investigate the clinical outcomes associated with a modified yoga training program in patients with heart failure (HF). HF patients (15-20) will participate in a modified yoga program during an 8 week period, two times per week with instruction for home practice. Baseline measures and follow-up will be taken after 8 weeks. The underlying hypothesis to be tested is that yoga-induced improvements in nervous system and skeletal muscle function will yield positive effects on clinical outcomes, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in patients with HF.

The effect of combined yoga and breathing training on the natural history of HF and its potential to decrease negative clinical outcomes and improve symptoms is unknown. The relevance of this research is related to the important information it will provide to clinicians caring for patients with HF and will be the basis for pilot data for future NIH funding applications.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga Classes

8 weeks of yoga training that occurs 2 times per week. The patients will also perform yoga breathing at home 3 times per week.

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga classes

Heart failure patients will undergo 8 weeks of yoga training 2 times per week and perform yoga breathing at home 3 times per week

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jill Howie-Esquivel, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-11-30
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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