NCT01542359

Effectiveness of Yoga on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients With Pre- and Stage I Hypertension

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Long Island University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The proposed study will compare a well defined and integrated yoga practice (postures/breath control/meditation) to a conventional exercise program in reducing hypertension. The expected outcomes include data on the effects of yoga on ambulatory blood pressure, psychosocial stress, and the autonomic system in individuals with pre- and Stage I hypertension. The information gained in this study will have a positive impact by providing critical preliminary and feasibility data to support a larger multi-ethnic randomized clinical trial on the effects of yoga on individuals with hypertension.

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yogic practice	breathing, meditation, physical postures
OTHER	Conventional Exercise	Standard physical exercises such as toe touch in standing, curl ups, push ups, leg lifts

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-10-01
• Completion: 2012-10-01
• First posted: 2012-03-02
• Last updated: 2013-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States