A pilot study of 12 week yoga intervention for Japanese breast cancer survivors. -exploring the effectiveness and mechanisms
- Conditions
- breast cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000007420
- Lead Sponsor
- Graduate school of sports science, Waseda University
- Brief Summary
A single yoga session has acute effects on moods. Yoga educes vigor from survivors within, and reduces fatigue. The strong correlation between fatiue and QOL is also found. Yoga increases survivors QOL and amount of physical activity during intervention. Also the results suggests that yoga may push survivors psychological recovery stages forward from their experiences of "object loss". This series of studies shows the accomplishment to suggest effectiveness of yoga intervention and also its mechanisms. It gives many important suggestions and information to develop health-support programs for cancer survivors.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Not provided
1)no other chronic medical conditions 2)no current yoga practice (had not taken yoga classes regularly in past year)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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