Yoga Therapy for Adolescents With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Yoga Therapy; Adolescent Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
• Interventions: Behavioral: yoga

• Registration Number: NCT03286933
• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to better understand the effects of a yoga program on adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The investigators want to learn whether or not a yoga therapy based program will decrease pain and improve quality of life in patients with JIA.

This is an 8-week program with home program of online videos.

Detailed Description

This is an 8-week program consisting of weekly yoga therapy classes in a public studio. The classes are led by a pediatric occupational therapist who is also a certified internationally accredited yoga therapist (C-IAYT). The initial and final sessions will include an Rheumatologist MD evaluation including a physician global assessment and joint damage assessment (JADI) and visual assessment (VAS). A Visual Analog Pain Scale will and Peds Quality of Life Questionnaire-Arthritis Module 4.0 will be administered. Each yoga class is 75 minutes to include a set-sequence of postures including breathing exercises and final corpse pose (final relaxation).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-05-06
• Primary Completion: 2017-06-26
• Study Completion: 2017-06-26
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-15
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-19
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Adolescents with formal diagnosis of JIA, speak and understand English, can get on/off floor independently.

Exclusion Criteria

• Dependent on assistive device for ambulation; does not understand English, does not have a diagnosis of JIA.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Yoga therapy intervention	yoga	Participants will participate in weekly yoga therapy sessions and have the opportunity to use the home video online.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Peds QL-Arthritis Module 4.0	8 weeks	Measures perceived quality of life for adolescents with arthritis
Visual Analog Pain Scale	8 weeks	Visual marker of perceived pain
Visual Assessment	8 weeks	Physician visual assessment
Joint Damage Assessment (JADI)	8 weeks	assessment of joints

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States