Yogic Breathing Exercise and Meditation for People With Spinal Cord Disorders
NCT07655531 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30
Last updated 2026-07-23
Summary
The goal of the study is to understand how well yogic breathing exercise and meditation improves breathing, fatigue, emotional well-being and quality of life in people with spinal cord disorders.
Aim 1. Evaluate the efficacy of an 8-week, virtual, coach-guided yogic breathing and meditation (YBM) program on QoL and mental health in people with spinal cord disorders.
This study will include completing several questionnaires 3 times, 8 weeks of participating in 2 sessions per week of yogic breathing exercise and meditation via Zoom and being interviewed once at the completion of the 8-week program.
Conditions
- Spinal Cord Disorders
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL
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yogic breathing and meditation
yogic breathing exercise and meditation exercise
Sponsors & Collaborators
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
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Hon Yuen, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Study Design
- Allocation
- NA
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Masking
- NONE
- Model
- SINGLE_GROUP
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Max Age
- 89 Years
- Sex
- ALL
- Healthy Volunteers
- No
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2026-07-22
- Primary Completion
- 2028-06-30
- Completion
- 2029-06-30
Countries
- United States
Study Locations
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