Effects of Yoga on Pulmonary Parameters, Posture, Body Awareness and Quality of Life Among Chronic Smokers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking
• Interventions: Other: Asana Practice; Other: Pranayam Practice (Rhythmic regulated breathing); Behavioral: Smoking Education Program

• Registration Number: NCT05810298
• Lead Sponsor: Yeditepe University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of practicing pranayam (voluntary regulated breathing) and yogasana (standing poses of yoga) with subject education on vital capacity, respiratory muscle strength, spinal flexibility, body awareness, quality of life and nicotine dependence of smokers and non-smokers.

Detailed Description

When initial assesments will be completed, volunteers will be assigned to one of two possible sequences by their nicotine dependency. Smokers group (SG) or control group (CG).

All volunteers will receive an exercise program with Asana and Pranayam practices with the duration of 4 weeks.

All subjects will be assessed in terms of functional capacity, pulmonary functions, thoracic spine range of motion, postural analysis, respiratory muscle strength, body awareness, quality of life and nicotine dependence at the baseline and at the end of the study. Data will be collected from all the subjects at baseline and at the end of the study (4 weeks) by the same physiotherapist who also will supervise the exercise sessions.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-22
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-02
• Study Completion: 2023-03-23
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

• Voluntary participation in research
• Young healthy subjects who were aged between 18-60 years with or without daily cigarette smoking habit

Exclusion Criteria

• Allergic disorders or respiratory disorders
• History of a major surgery in the last 2 years
• Neurological diseases
• Cardiovascular diseases which are contraindicates exercise
• Fractures or orthopedic problems in upper or lower extremities
• Systemic rheumatical diseases(Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondilitis etc.)

Systemic diseases and respiratory disorders will be ruled out in the selected subjects by taking their detailed history and by their thorough clinical examination by the researcher.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control Group	Asana Practice	Asana practice (Only standing yoga poses with rhytmic breathing) Pranayam (Rhytmic regulated breathing)
Smokers Group	Pranayam Practice (Rhythmic regulated breathing)	Education about smoking Asana practice (Only standing yoga poses with rhytmic breathing) Pranayam (Rhytmic regulated breathing)
Smokers Group	Asana Practice	Education about smoking Asana practice (Only standing yoga poses with rhytmic breathing) Pranayam (Rhytmic regulated breathing)
Smokers Group	Smoking Education Program	Education about smoking Asana practice (Only standing yoga poses with rhytmic breathing) Pranayam (Rhytmic regulated breathing)
Control Group	Pranayam Practice (Rhythmic regulated breathing)	Asana practice (Only standing yoga poses with rhytmic breathing) Pranayam (Rhytmic regulated breathing)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
New York Posture Rating Chart	4 weeks	Different parts of body will be screened by the physiotherapist and observation data will be used to evaluate volunteers posture.
Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence	4 weeks	Nicotine dependence will be evaluated with this test
Thoracic Spine Range of Motion	4 weeks	Thoracic spinal elasticity will be evaluated with measuring rotational range of motion of T1-T2 spine using iPhone compass app. A strong and significant correlation was found between the Universel Goniometer and the Compass app by Furness et al. (2018), demonstrating good concurrent validity.
Pulmonary Function Tests	4 weeks	Medical International Research Spirodoc® Spiro spirometry will be used to evaluate pulmonary functions of volunteers.
Respiratory Muscle Strength	4 weeks	The Micro Medical Micro RPM respiratory pressure meter will be used to evaluate respiratory muscle strength.
World Health Organization Quality of Life Assesment (WHOQOL-BREF)	4 weeks	Turkish version of WHOQOL-BREF will be used in this study as given by WHO. This questionnaire will be used to provide numerical data on Quality of Life assesments of the volunteers.
Body Awareness Questionnaire(BAQ)	4 weeks	Body Awareness Questionnaire(BAQ) will be used to provide numerical data on subjects body awareness. A Turkish validity study of BAQ was performed by Karaca and it's valid as well as reliable.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fizyoram Physiotherapy Counseling Center; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey