Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00798356
Yoga on Arrhythmia Burden and Quality of Life in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
The Effect of Yoga on Arrhythmia Burden and Quality of Life in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 84 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, FACC · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 25 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Studies in the past have shown that yoga could relieve stress which is the most common trigger for recurrent episodes of atrial fibrillation. Breathing exercises in yoga are found to influence the autonomic nervous system (particularly parasympathetic) and thus reduce palpitations. This study hypothesizes that patients with atrial fibrillation might benefit by practicing yoga. Yoga may also help to better control heart rate and rhythm when used in combination with usual medical management.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Yoga training | Yoga training for 12 weeks |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-01-01
- Completion
- 2012-01-01
- First posted
- 2008-11-26
- Last updated
- 2012-06-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00798356. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.