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The Impact of Yoga on Blood Pressure and Quality of Life in Patients With Hypertension

NCT01302535 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 83

Last updated 2012-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of yoga on blood pressure and quality of life in patients in primary health care diagnosed with hypertension within the last year. Another purpose is to examine whether the possible effect on blood pressure differs if patients practice yoga in a group lead by a yoga-trainer or receive a few yoga-exercises from their doctor to be practiced individually at home.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Yoga group with supervision (trainer)

The Yoga-with-trainer group will meet once a week (60 minutes) to practice yoga with a yoga instructor. The participants will be encouraged to practice yoga between the yoga classes at home for 30 minutes a day.

OTHER

Yoga at home

The participants in the Yoga-at-home group will get a private doctor appointment (20 minutes) where they get instructions for two yoga exercises which they are encouraged to perform at home 15 minutes a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Swedish Research Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Region Skane

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Moa Wolff, MD · Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lunds University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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