Bikram Yoga and Asthma

Asthmatics Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Influence of Bikram Yoga (39 Degree Celsius Heat and 60% Humidity) on Basic Lung Function Tests,Bronchial Challenges and Pulmonary-Heart Endurance in Young Asthmatic Adults.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00410098
• Other study ID #: bikramasthma-HMO-CTIL
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 10, 2006
• Last updated: December 11, 2006
• Start date: June 2007

Study information

• Verified date: December 2006
• Source: Hadassah Medical Organization
• Contact: Avraham AVITAL, Prof, MD
• Email: avital[@]hadassah.org.il
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Cold and dry air induce exercise induced asthma. Yoga training may improve lung function tests. Bikram Yoga (heat 39 degree Celsius and humidity 60%)training may improve both lung function tests and bronchial hyperreactivity (to exercise and adenosine 5'monophosphate).

Description:

15 young adults with exercise induced asthma and 10 healthy young adults will participate in 2 months taining of Bikram Yoga in Tel Aviv. They will perform sessions of 90 minutes training at least 5 times a week. Lung function tests, bronchial challenges (exercise and AMP) and progressive exercise test will be performed before and after the 2 month training at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem in the asthmatic patients. Healthy adults will perform only lung function tsts and progressive exercise before and after training.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• controlled asthma

• age 18-30 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• heart,

• hypertension,

• kidney disease,

• chronic lung disease,

• oxygen dependence

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma
• Asthmatics

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Bikram Yoga

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hadassah Medical Organization

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	prevent exercise induced asthma and improve lung function tests