Yoga Training for Returning Veterans With Headache
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Symptom relief, headache
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a yoga treatment for veterans with mild post-traumatic and chronic tension-type headaches.
Study Aims:
- Does this yoga treatment, targeted toward specific symptoms veterans with mild post-traumatic and chronic tension-type headaches experience, assist in decreasing headaches and associated symptoms?
- Does this yoga treatment, targeted toward specific symptoms veterans with mild post-traumatic and chronic tensions-type headaches experience, assist in improving quality of life?
- Does this yoga treatment, targeted toward specific symptoms veterans with mild post-traumatic and chronic tension-type headaches experience, improve mood?
- Do the effects of yoga on symptoms, mood, and quality of life maintain 2 months post completion of treatment?
详细描述
The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a yoga treatment for veterans with mild post-traumatic and chronic tension-type headaches. The yoga will be provided in the form of 6 weekly yoga sessions aimed at providing direct instruction and immediate feedback on postures, breathing, and relaxation techniques in a small group format. The sessions will be led by an experienced yoga instructor who is a part of the study team and have worked with medical patients. A post-yoga 2-month follow-up assessment of self-reported symptoms, mood, and quality of life will also be assessed.
This is a feasibility study to determine if a yoga treatment is received favorably and can be successfully delivered to veterans seeking treatments for post-traumatic and chronic tension-type headaches. This study does not include a comparison group; therefore, we can only make conclusions based on pre to post differences in subjects who participate in the yoga. Our aim for this study is to collect data on the potential benefits of a targeted yoga treatment for symptoms experienced by these subjects, and to then utilize these data to implement a larger study with a comparison group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Eligibility determined at screening will be based on the following inclusion criteria: Mild post traumatic headaches or chronic tension-type headaches, diagnosed by a physician. Inclusion criteria also includes the following: 1). Ability to participate in yoga classes (i.e., no physical limitations, mobility issues, or severe chronic medical issues/symptoms such as severe chronic back pain or injury, amputees, being wheelchair bound), 2). Not current involved in regular yoga of more than an hour of yoga per week in a formal setting, 3). If a woman, not currently pregnant or breast feeding, 4). Ages 18 and up (no maximal age limit), 5). Veterans only (no non-veteran populations), and 6). Not currently suffering from severe psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder), a history of psychiatric hospitalization, or current substance abuse or dependence.
排除标准
- •Exclusion based on the following: 1). Age less than 18 years old (not an adult); 2). Not a veteran; 3). Physical limitations, mobility issues, or severe chronic medical issues that may impede one's ability to participate in yoga classes (e.g., wheelchair bound veterans, amputees, those with severe musculoskeletal or nerve pain or injury such as chronic back pain with significantly limited range of motion); 4). Current severe psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) or history of psychiatric hospitalizations; 5). Current substance abuse or dependence; 6). Current regular yoga practice involving more than an hour of yoga per week in a formal setting; and 7). If a woman, currently pregnant or breast feeding.
研究组 & 干预措施
Iyengar-based Yoga Training
6 weekly Iyengar-based yoga classes
干预措施: Iyengar-based Yoga Training (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Symptom relief, headache
时间窗: Post-Treatment, up to 2 months
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Bruce Naliboff, PhD
Professor
University of California, Los Angeles