Does Onlıne Yoga Have Sımılar Effects Compared to Face-To-Face Yoga in Terms of Dıaphragm Thıckness, Body Balance and Psychosocıal Status?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 51
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Diaphragmatic Ultrasonic Scanning
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this randomized controlled study was to compared six-week online yoga program with six-week face-to-face yoga program on diaphragm thickness, body balance and physio social status in young female individuals. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does online yoga have similar effects compared to face-to-face yoga in terms of diaphragm thickness?
- Does online yoga have similar effects compared to face-to-face yoga in terms of body balance?
- Does online yoga have similar effects compared to face-to-face yoga in terms of psychosocial status such as level of anxiety and social media addiction? Participants completed the experimental steps of ultrasound scanning, balance testing and the scales questioning psychosocial status before and after 6-week online yoga program. After the pandemic conditions normalized, new participants were invited, and a 6-weeks face-to-face yoga program was applied and the same tests were applied before and after the program. As a control group, individuals whose physical activity levels were monitored and who did not participate in any exercise program were evaluated twice, six weeks apart. The researchers compared these three groups and examined whether there were differences between the groups in terms of the investigated parameters.
详细描述
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a major impact on physical activity behaviors worldwide due to the necessity of quarantine condition. Decreased physical activity due to isolation has the potential to worsen various health conditions, including various chronic diseases. Because of the positive effects of physical activity on the immune system during the COVID-19 epidemic, home-based tele-exercise programs have been considered a potential tool to maintain physical and mental health during the pandemic. During a period of inactive life, such as a pandemic, yoga exercises were among the home-based exercise programs for the general adult population. In addition to the effects of yoga on improvement of physical features such as respiratory capacity, muscle strength and balance, it is well known to have positive effects on supporting mental well-being and anxiety and stress levels.
Considering the literature, the effects of some physical exercise applications of home-based teleexercises, which started and as the continued during inactive life processes such pandemic period, were examined. However, no study has been found examining the effects of online yoga practice, especially on the basic respiratory muscle diaphragm structure and physical properties. Considering the physical and mental effects of yoga, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of yoga practice as teleexercise on psychosocial factors such as diaphragm muscle thickness, balance performance and anxiety, and social media addiction, compared to face-to-face practice, in a period where individuals have to spend a sedentary and inactive period due to the pandemic. It was thought that the results of the study will help to gain more detailed information about the effectiveness of teleexercise applications that continue to be implemented after the pandemic.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Individuals between the ages of 18-25 who were continuing their university education
- •who had not practiced yoga regularly before
- •who had not engaged in regular exercise for the last six months
- •who had no psychosocial problems
排除标准
- •Individuals who had undergone feet, knee, hip, or spine surgeries
- •had musculoskeletal pain or neurological problems related to orthopaedic, cardiopulmonary, cardiovascular, or rheumatic diseases; pregnant
- •had a body mass index over 30
- •who did not participate in two or more yoga sessions
结局指标
主要结局
Diaphragmatic Ultrasonic Scanning
时间窗: Baseline (T0, before beginning of the study); T1 (end of the 6-week programme/control period)
Ultrasound scanning of the diaphragm was performed by a certificated physiotherapist. The researcher was blind to physical performance testing procedure and groups of participants. Real time ultrasound was performed to identify the intercostal space at which the diaphragm was most easily visualized between 2 ribs in the supine position. The eighth or ninth intercostal space at the anterior axillary line was imaged. When the ultrasound probe was located correctly to the intercostal space was identified, the subject was instructed to deep inhale and exhale slowly, and three images were collected at the point of maximum and minimum diaphragm thickness as identified visually by the examiner. The diaphragm was screened by its characteristic 3-layered appearance, location under the intercostal muscles and subcutaneous tissue. The thickness of diaphragm was frequently displayed thickest while inhaling at maximum level and thinnest while exhaling at maximum level.
次要结局
- Body Balance Performance Testing(Baseline (T0, before beginning of the study); T1 (end of the 6-week programme/control period))
研究者
Bahar Ozgul
Assist Prof, PhD PT
Marmara University