NCT06559852

The Impact of Yoga on Endometriosis-Related Pain

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The central hypothesis of the investigators is that the practice of yoga will result in an improvement of endometriosis related pain symptoms for women with endometriosis.

Detailed description

Yoga has been demonstrated to improve menstrual pain associated with primary dysmenorrhea through use of physical exercises, mental meditation, and breathing techniques. Still, there has been limited studies assessing potential benefits of yoga on pain symptoms of endometriosis. It is important to further assess yoga as a complementary therapy for women with endometriosis.

Conditions

• Endometriosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yoga	Participants will engage in a 12-week virtual yoga course to assess impact on endometriosis-related pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-15
• Primary completion: 2026-09-15
• Completion: 2026-09-15
• First posted: 2024-08-19
• Last updated: 2026-02-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States