NCT03799640

Multidirectional Yoga for Cognition

Multidirectional Yoga Training to Improve in Healthy Older Participants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Older individuals, 60-90, will be provided regular or cognitively based yoga training. They will then be evaluated using standard cognitive testing devices.

Detailed description

Reductions in executive function are common with age. Along with these declines come reductions in simple functional patterns of daily living such as crossing a street, walking in a crowded area, or performing any functions that occurs in an open (changing) environment. This study will use a newly developed yoga program incorporating multi-directional movements, cognitive challenges and visuomotor disturbances to improve executive function and associated movements in persons over 60 years of age.

Conditions

• Standard Yoga
• Multi-directional Yoga
• Educational Control

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standard Yoga	Yoga using standard poses and linear movements
OTHER	Multi-directional Yoga	The multidirectional yoga training program will use both simple and complex movement sequences (asana or postures) that include a cognitive component. For example, participants will be taught a movement sequence that includes 16-20 yoga postures that increase in difficulty as the training progresses.
OTHER	Educational Control	Lectures on health and fitness

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-05
• Primary completion: 2019-08-15
• Completion: 2019-08-15
• First posted: 2019-01-10
• Last updated: 2019-09-10

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States