NCT04020081

A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Yoga Exercises and Meditation on Lung Function and Quality of Life in COPD Patients.

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Yoga Exercises and Meditation on Lung Volume, Respiratory Impedance, 6-minute Walk Distance and Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) Patients.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Chest Research Foundation, India · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Investigator would like to study the effect of yoga exercises and meditation on lung volume, respiratory impedance, 6-minute walk distance and quality of life in COPD patients.

Detailed description

Hypotheses : The Investigator hypothesized that Yoga exercises improve the lung function (i.e. decrease in the lung hyperinflation, air trapping and airway impedance) by stretching the lung tissue, strengthening the respiratory muscles and increasing the chest expansion. Yoga exercises help to increase exercise capacity. Meditation reduces anxiety and depression. Research Question: Do yoga exercises and meditation help to reduce respiratory impedance, hyperinflation, air trapping and increase exercise capacity and improve quality of life in COPD patients compared to control arm? Objectives: 1. To study the effect of yoga exercises and meditation on exercise capacity and quality of life in COPD patients after 4, 8 and 12-weeks of intervention. 2.To evaluate residual volume (RV), residual volume/ total lung volume RV/TLC, total lung capacity TLC,inspiratory capacity/total lung capacity IC/TLC, and respiratory impedance in COPD patients after 4, 8 and 12-weeks of yoga exercises and meditation practice.

Conditions

• COPD
• Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yoga breathing exercises and Meditation	8 Breathing exercises.The first set of 6 exercises is of the Upper Lobe breathing (Upper and Middle Lobe of the Lungs) while 7th exercise is abdominal breathing,8th exercise is yogic breathing. 6-steps Nirmal Dhyan (meditation).Step 1: Breath awareness,Step 2: Body awareness,Step 3: Thought awareness,Step 4: Refreshing awareness,Step 5: Gap awareness,Step 6: Expanding awareness.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-09
• Primary completion: 2019-12-20
• Completion: 2020-01-01
• First posted: 2019-07-15
• Last updated: 2019-07-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India