Effect of Yoga on Fainting Episodes

Phase 2

Conditions: Health Condition 1: R55- Syncope and collapse

Registration Number: CTRI/2019/05/019040

Lead Sponsor: Dept of Cardiology AIIMS

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1.All adults between 15-70 years of age

2.Both genders

3.Diagnosed to have VVS (HUTT positive within last 3 months)

4.At least two episode of syncope or pre-syncope event in the last 3 months prior to enrolment

5.Patients with no other cause of syncope

6.Patients willing and able to practice Yoga at least for 40 minutes /5 days/week

Exclusion Criteria

1.Not willing or not fulfilling the criteria of inclusion

2.Practicing yoga before

3.Accelerated Hypertension( > 180/110 mm Hg despite adequate treatment)

4.Any disease which could cause syncope like arrhythmias (Mobitz type II second degree AV block or higher, Atrial flutter, Atrial fibrillation, Ventricular tachycardia, Sick sinus syndrome with pause > 3 seconds without AF or >5 seconds with AF, Heart Failure NYHA >II, LVEF <35%,

5.Pregnancy

6.Orthopedic Ailment precluding Yoga practice

7.Recent major surgery < 1 months

8.VVS requiring Pacemaker insertion

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PRIMARY <br/ ><br>A.To evaluate the effect of Yogic exercises on the No. of episodes of syncope and presyncope in patients with VVSTimepoint: six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
SECONDARY <br/ ><br>A.To calculate WHOBREF scores and SFSQ scores in patients with VVSTimepoint: at six weeks, three months and six months. <br/ ><br>