NCT03790098

Flow-Restorative Yoga to Decrease Pain and Inflammation

Can Yoga Decrease Pain and Inflammation Among Women Aged 60 or Older: A Pilot Feasibility Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The Restorative Flow Yoga Study is a pilot project looking at whether restorative flow yoga will reduce inflammation and pain in women 60 and older who experience chronic pain.

Detailed description

The aims of the study are to (1) evaluate the feasibility of implementing a restorative-flow yoga randomized trial (24 classes, held twice per week) for women aged 60 or older who experience chronic pain; and (2) evaluate the preliminary efficacy of restorative-flow yoga to decrease pain and inflammation among women aged 60 or older. Feasibility measures will include three areas of focus (a) acceptability, (b) implementation, and (c) demand and use, evaluated using recruitment rate, retention rate, class and home practice adherence rates, resource utilization, and safety. With a sample size of 40, this pilot feasibility study is likely under-powered to determine intervention effects. However, the study will evaluate preliminary efficacy of the yoga intervention. The study will measure BMI, blood pressure, resting heart rate, physical function measures, and inflammatory markers C-reactive protein, IL-2, IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-4, and IL-10) at baseline and outcome assessments (after 24 class sequence).

Conditions

• Pain
• Inflammation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Restorative-Flow Yoga	Restorative yoga consists of a series of gentle poses, supported by props, with an emphasis on breathing and relaxing; as opposed to stretching or contracting muscles, it is designed to support muscles. Flow yoga consists of a series of linked poses synchronized with the breath.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-19
• Primary completion: 2019-04-27
• Completion: 2019-05-05
• First posted: 2018-12-31
• Last updated: 2022-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States