NCT04658563

Yoga for Adolescents

The Effect of High Density Hatha Yoga Training on Physical Fitness, Respiratory Functions and Quality of Life in Healthy Adolescents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baskent University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Purpose: Specific effects of high-density Hatha Yoga(HY) training in adolescents have not yet been clarified. Aim of our study is to investigate the effects of high-density HY education on physical fitness, pulmonary function and quality of life in healthy adolescents. Methods: 28 female adolescents will be randomly divided into two groups as yoga training and control groups. Training group will receive high-density HY training for 8 weeks, two days a week under the supervision of a physiotherapist and one day a week home program. Control group will not receive any exercise. Flexibility of individuals will be determined by sit-reach, back scratching, lateral flexion tests; muscular endurance by sit-ups, sit down-stand up on chair tests, balance by time up-go test; cardiorespiratory capacity by incremental shuttle walking test(ISWT) and respiratory functions by spirometry, quality of life will be determined by with the Quality of Life Scale for Children.

Conditions

• Yoga

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	High Density Exercise Training Program - Yoga	A total of 8 weeks will be applied in our study, each session of the high-density yoga program will be started with 10 minute pranayama (breath) exercises as it is in classical yoga as a preliminary preparation for the participation of individuals; the program will be completed by applying 10-20 minutes warming-stretching movements, 40 minutes surya namaskar (SN) sets, 20-30 minutes dynamic yoga asanas and 10 minutes savasana. Participants will be encouraged to study the perceived difficulty levels between 14 and 17 using the Borg scale during the sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2020-12-08
• Last updated: 2021-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)