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Effects of Yoga on Objective and Self-reported Health Indicators Among Female and Male Individuals

NCT01305096 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2014-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether inversions (specific yoga postures in which the heart is higher than the head) and other dynamic and static yoga postures affect heart rate variability, oxygen uptake, blood pressure, blood parameters and other objective measures of health, and a variety of subjective and objective measures of health in female and male individuals in Sweden.

Conditions

  • Stress, Psychological, Physiological

Interventions

OTHER

Yoga intervention

6 weeks of yoga postures, once a week for 60 minutes in a group session with a yoga teacher.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Stockholm

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Stockholm University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Per Wändell, MD, PhD, Professor · Karolinska Institutet

  • Petra Lindfors, PhD, Professor · Stockholm University

  • Malin Nygren, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

  • Lennart Gullstrand, PhD · Riksidrottsförbundet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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