Effect of practice of Yoga, Pranayam and Well being sessions on Pain Tolerance

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Relief from Pain

Registration Number: CTRI/2023/05/052258

Lead Sponsor: Research Society Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital

Brief Summary: The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has defined pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage". Pain is regarded as an extremely prevalent health issue in the world affecting thousands of people daily.

Pain is known to occur in a variety of diseases that affect mankind, including cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, myocardial infarction, etc. Surgeries could also lead to chronic postoperative pain, eg: Invasive procedures like cardiac surgeries. Thus, pain is found to be extremely widespread, affecting different organs and tissues. Pain causes not only physical but also social, economic, and mental issues thus adversely affecting populations.

Due to its high prevailing nature, many studies are being carried out to reduce pain. Though conventional methods are useful for treating pain, it has now been understood that alternative therapies also prove to be very useful in the treatment of pain especially chronic pain, and also in increasing pain tolerance.

Yoga and pranayama are some of the ancient Eastern therapies that have long been proven helpful in easing down pain which include alignment of the mind with the soul. Yoga is also found to be useful in relieving chronic low back pain, menstrual pain, and other types of pain and thus is considered to be beneficial for pain management. On the other hand, well-being sessions include the dissemination of information on major professional and personal life skills.

A lot of studies have shown that short-term meditation (yoga and pranayama) has led to increased pain tolerance. But lesser studies have been undertaken on the comparison of yoga/pranayama sessions with well-being sessions.

So, our study mainly focuses on the benefits of yoga and pranayama and well-being sessions on pain; as also, compares the effects of yoga/pranayama to well-being sessions on the pain tolerance and pain threshold levels by experimentally inducing pain in healthy individuals.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

1.Students who give their consent for the study.
2.MBBS Students of Seth GS Medical College of the age group of 18-21 years.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Students who refuse to give their consent for the study.
2.Students who are suffering from any underlying illnesses 3.Students who have any open wounds, cuts, or fractures on their hand 4.Students suffering from migraine 5.Students who are non-cooperative with the researchers.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Sociodemographic factors: Age, Sex, Non-Dominant hand measured through Percentage and Mean+- SD	0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 weeks
2.Perception of Pain (as perceived by the subject): Perceived levels of pain,	0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 weeks
Pain tolerance measured through Percentage Score on Likert scale	0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To compare the effects of yoga and well being sessions on pain threshold levels in different genders	To assess the changes in blood pressure and heart rate before and after the cold pressor technique measured through Percentage and Mean SD

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital
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Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India
Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital
🇮🇳Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA, India
Dr Sweta Salgaonkar
Principal investigator
09869078541
swetavs21@gmail.com