Yoga effect on cognitive performance in male and female
Phase 1
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/01/011382
- Lead Sponsor
- Swami Vivekananda Yoga University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Yoga Group (YG) participants will be consisted of students of graduate, postgraduate and yoga therapists with a minimum of two yearsâ?? experience and resident of the yoga center and routine yogic lifestyle.
2. Non-Yoga Group (NY) participants will be recruited from nearby medical college students and while selection they should be non-smokers or a non-alcoholic, vegetarian diet.
3. All participants will be screened to rule out possible cognitive deficiency using the Mini-Mental State Examination with a cut-off score 27.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any participant with the neurological or psychiatric problems.
2. Smoking, drugs etc.
3. Any medication which influences cognitive functions.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Visual n-back task, <br/ ><br>2. Color-Word Stroop Task, and <br/ ><br>3. Running memory span, <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Day 1 and Day 2
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), <br/ ><br>2.The Freiburg Mindful Inventory [FMI], <br/ ><br>3. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), <br/ ><br>4. Positive states of mind (POSM), and <br/ ><br>5. Perceived stress scale (PSS-10)Timepoint: Day 3 and Day 4