YOGA Asanas and Myofascial Chain Activity in Elderly Individuals

Geriatrics Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of YOGA Asanas on Anterior and Posterior Myofascial Chain Activity in Elderly Individuals

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05400850
• Other study ID #: KaratatUH4
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 27, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: KTO Karatay University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Aging is a differentiation process with chronological, biological, psychological and social characteristics, which occurs in the intrauterine period and ends with death. With aging, the structures and functions of tissues are affected and there is a decline in overall physical performance. Asanas in yoga use tonic muscle contraction coordinated with breath control and kinesthetic awareness, which saves energy compared to phasic muscle contraction often observed in physical exercises. We have not encountered a study examining the effect of asanas on muscular activity in old age. Our study will provide support to the literature in this direction.

Description:

The study will be carried out on volunteers after the approval of the ethics committee. Before the research, individuals and / or their relatives will be informed about the purpose and content of the study. Participants will first start in mountain (Tadasana) asana. They will then be asked to come to the following asanas in a randomized order. In each of the asanas, you will statically pause for 15 seconds and repeat the movement three times. Participants will rest for 2 minutes between asanas. If deemed necessary during the application, modifications will be made in the movements and security measures will be taken. Warrior 2, elongated triangle, and Light Cluster stances will be evaluated for each limb separately. Muscle activations of individuals to the contralateral external oblique abdominal and ipsilateral adductor longus muscles of the anterior oblique myofascial chain lines and the contralateral latissimus dorsi and ipsilateral biceps femoris long head muscles to the posterior oblique myofascial chain lines will be evaluated using superficial EMG.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 6
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 27, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• community-dwelling male and female volunteers who do not do high-level exercise or take frequent long walks and do yoga

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active angina, uncontrolled hypertension, high resting heart rate or respiratory rate, unstable asthma, or exacerbated COPD; cervical spine instability or other significant neck injury, rheumatoid arthritis, unstable ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, elbow or wrist joints, hemiparesis or paraparesis, movement disorders (eg, Parkinson's disease), peripheral neuropathies, residual defective stroke, and severe vision or hearing problems, use of a walker or wheelchair, insufficient hearing to ensure safety in a yoga group setting

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Geriatrics

Intervention

Other:
• YOGA
Five different YOGA Asana's will made randomly

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	KTO Karatay University	Konya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
KTO Karatay University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	sEMG	sEMG activity will record during YOGA Asana's	During the YOGA Asana's