Yoga Efficacy and Bioactive Materials in the Blood of Korean Elderly

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Healthy Elderly; Yoga
• Interventions: Behavioral: Participation in the elderly yoga program

• Registration Number: NCT03691129
• Lead Sponsor: Wonryeon Cho

Brief Summary

This study is conducted to verify the relationships between yoga efficacy and bioactive materials in the blood of Korean elderly.

Detailed Description

Glycoproteomics approach will be applied to verify the relationships between yoga efficacy and bioactive materials in the blood of Korean elderly.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-03-23
• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-27
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-01
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-31
• Study Completion: 2023-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• The elderly group participant over 60 years old.
• The young group participant over 20 to 57 years old.
• Individual who can read and understand Korean.
• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participant who was diagnosed with cancer in the last five years.
• In case of participants leaving the yoga program after the primary blood collecting, they will be excluded from the secondary blood collecting.
• Individuals who are judged inappropriate for the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Yoga participant groups	Participation in the elderly yoga program	Yoga participant groups will practice elderly yoga for four months. We will collect their blood before and after their participation in the elderly yoga program. There will be two subgroups which are Advanced group and Beginner group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measuring the number of glycoproteins in blood between before and after participation in an elderly yoga program for both the Advanced group and Beginner group	4 months	Glycoproteins in human plasma are known to be deeply associated with multiple diseases, cell differentiation, aging, and etc.; The efficacy of elderly yoga will be assessed by identifying and comparing the number of glycoproteins in blood between before and after participation in an elderly yoga program for both the Advanced group and Beginner group.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wonkwang University; 🇰🇷 Iksan, Jeonbuk, Korea, Republic of