Effect of yoga therapy on cardiac autonomic functions and oxidative stress in subjects at risk of high blood pressure
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Prehypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/09/003017
- Lead Sponsor
- Intramural fund JIPMER Pondicherry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 204
Inclusion Criteria
SBP : 120 â?? 139 mmHg and / or DBP : 80 â?? 89 mmHg
Age : 20 â?? 60 years
Gender : both
Willing to practice yoga
Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Diabetes mellitus
Cardiovascular disease
Autonomic failure
Renal insufficiency
Patients on drug treatment for prehypertension
Any physical condition hindering the performance of yoga
Subjects already practicing yoga
Sports persons, athletes & body builders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The addition of yoga therapy to standard lifestyle modification approaches confers additional benefits in terms of: <br/ ><br>1. Lowering resting blood pressure <br/ ><br>2. Increasing overall short-term HRV <br/ ><br>3. Indices of oxidative stress <br/ ><br>Timepoint: After 12 weeks of intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in, <br/ ><br>1. Quality of life <br/ ><br>2. Mental/physical well-being <br/ ><br>3. Cardiovascular risk for next 10 years <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 12 weeks after enrollment of the study for each person