NCT00726843

Evaluation of Yoga for the Treatment of Pediatric Headaches

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will examine the feasibility and acceptability of yoga for adolescents seen by a medical practitioner for their headaches. The study will also examine whether yoga decreases anxiety and improves quality of life. We hypothesize that yoga will be both acceptable and feasible with a pediatric population. We also hypothesize that yoga will decrease anxiety and improve quality of life.

Conditions

• Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	8 weeks of Iyengar Yoga	Participants will attend 8 weekly, 75 min. yoga sessions, followed by 8 weeks of follow-up (will provide headache frequency/intensity)
OTHER	8 weeks of Iyengar Yoga	Participants will provide headache frequency/intensity for 8 weeks, followed by 8 weekly, 75 min. yoga sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2008-12-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2008-08-01
• Last updated: 2015-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States