Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02727140
Yoga as a Supportive Therapy for Patients With Hypertension
Yoga as a Supportive Therapy for Patients With Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 75 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The proposed study aims to investigate the feasibility, effectiveness, and perceived benefit of a supportive hatha yoga intervention for patients with hypertension using antihypertensive drugs. Patients will be randomized into 3 groups comparing hatha yoga with yoga postures, breathing and relaxation techniques to a hatha yoga intervention without yoga postures (only breathing and relaxation techniques) as well as to a wait list control group.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Yoga with Asana (yoga postures) | Yoga intervention consisting of asana, breathing and relaxation, meditation |
| BEHAVIORAL | Yoga without Asana (yoga postures) | Yoga intervention without asanas, consisting only of breathing, relaxation and meditation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-01-01
- Completion
- 2017-04-01
- First posted
- 2016-04-04
- Last updated
- 2017-05-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02727140. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.