Yoga Therapy to Improve Function Among Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a prevalent condition among VA patients, but many current treatment options have limited effectiveness. In addition to chronic pain, people with chronic low back pain experience increased disability, psychological symptoms such as depression, and reduced health-related quality of life. This randomized controlled study will examine the impact of yoga therapy for improving function and decreasing pain in VA patients with chronic low back pain. Although not every VA patient with chronic low back pain will choose to do yoga, it is an inexpensive treatment modality that is increasingly appealing to many VA patients. If yoga is effective, it could become an additional low-cost option that the VA can offer to better serve Veterans with chronic low back pain.
NCT02524158 — Chronic Low Back Pain
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/chronic-low-back-pain/NCT02524158/
Mindful Yoga Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment for Veterans With PTSD and Pain
The primary objective of the current study is to establish the safety and acceptability of Mindful Yoga Therapy as an adjunctive treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. The current study also seeks to establish preliminary efficacy of MYT for reduction of PTSD and chronic pain symptoms and explore anxiety sensitivity as a mechanism of therapeutic action.
NCT01957371 — Chronic Pain
Status: Withdrawn
http://inclinicaltrials.com/chronic-pain/NCT01957371/
Curcumin and Yoga Exercise Effects in Veterans at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Physical exercise has proven to improve memory including in the elderly. Drugs developed to stop the underlying disease processes that cause Alzheimer's disease may succeed only with multimodal efforts to stimulate brain function. One purpose of the study is to test the clinical benefits of curcumin, a safe and effective compound isolated from the turmeric root (a component of Indian curry spices), which has been found to inhibit several potential disease pathways in Alzheimer's disease. Another purpose of this study is to determine how the addition of a physical exercise program in individuals with early memory problems may affect memory function or brain imaging and blood-based markers associated with Alzheimer's disease.
NCT01811381 — Mild Cognitive Impairment
Status: Active, not recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/mild-cognitive-impairment/NCT01811381/
Cost Effectiveness of Early Interventions for Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Study Investigating Medical Yoga, Exercise Therapy and Evidence Based Advice
This randomized controlled study will evaluate the cost effectiveness of a yoga intervention compared to two evidence based programs; giving advice to stay active and guided exercise sessions. The first active program includes a six week standardized strength training program where the participants are personally instructed by a trained physiotherapist. The second active program is a six week standardized kundalini yoga program with group sessions twice a week lead by an experienced yoga instructor. Both programs consist of two exercise sessions per week and lasts for six weeks. After six weeks the participants are instructed to continue practicing their program twice a week on their own. The hypothesis are that a kundalini yoga program as an early intervention for Low Back Pain (LBP) is more cost effective than the two other interventions studied. Participants were recruited through the occupational health services and by advertisement in the local press. Study subjects eligible for inclusion were informed of the study either by health care personnel at the occupational health care centers or by a research assistant at the Karolinska Institutet. Subjects were informed that if they were eligible to participate in the study they would be given the opportunity to participate in one of three approaches for treatment of neck and back pain.
NCT01653782 — Low Back Pain
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/low-back-pain/NCT01653782/
Mindful Yoga Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment for PTSD Among OEF/OIF Veterans: A Pilot Study
The primary objective of the current study is to establish the safety and acceptability of Mindful Yoga Therapy as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) Veterans. The current study also seeks to establish preliminary efficacy of Mindful Yoga Therapy for reduction of symptoms of PTSD and explore heart rate variability as a mechanism of therapeutic action.
NCT01521442 — PTSD
Status: Withdrawn
http://inclinicaltrials.com/ptsd/NCT01521442/
Development of a Translational Tool to Study Yoga Therapy
This study comprises 4 phases designed to systematically develop and test a reliable, valid and useful quantitative measure of the components and dimensions of yoga; each phase builds on the previous phase. Phase I aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of the relevant aspects of yoga therapy and develop a large pool of potential questionnaire items by conducting a thorough literature review and focus groups with yoga teachers and students. These data will be analyzed using rigorous qualitative methods to identify key conceptual dimensions associated with yoga interventions. Phase II will develop a prototypic questionnaire to assess yoga therapy by refining and honing information from Phase I and conducting cognitive interviews to further develop this instrument. Phase III will pilot test the measure in a field observation of yoga students and use factor analysis and item response theory to select the best items per dimension and to reduce the number of items in the measure. Phase IV will collect data on the new instrument and test the psychometric properties of the questionnaire (i.e., reliability and validity using data collected in Phases III and IV).
NCT01336309 — Health Behavior
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/health-behavior/NCT01336309/
Yoga and Brain Cancer: A Feasibility Study
This clinical trial studies yoga therapy in treating patients with malignant brain tumors. Yoga therapy may improve the quality of life of patients with brain tumors
NCT01234805 — Adult Glioblastoma
Status: Terminated
http://inclinicaltrials.com/adult-glioblastoma/NCT01234805/
Treating Major Depression With Yoga Mono-therapy: 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this single-center, single-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel group, interventional trial to evaluate antidepressant efficacy of yoga monotherapy of 12-weeks duration in 180 adults meeting diagnostic criteria for mild-to-moderate major depression at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Researchers will compare the yoga interventions to a an education control intervention on holistic healthcare.
NCT06091527 — Depression Moderate
Status: Not yet recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/depression-moderate/NCT06091527/
Comparison of Group-based Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Therapeutic Yoga for Postnatal Stress Urinary Incontinence
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of pelvic floor physical therapy (PFT) and therapeutic yoga training (TYT) for women who have postnatal stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
NCT05253898 — Urinary Incontinence
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/urinary-incontinence/NCT05253898/
Merging Yoga, Occupational Therapy and Education in Diabetes Management
The purpose of this two phase study is to: 1) develop and 2) assess a program titled: Merging Yoga, Occupational Therapy and Nutrition Education (MY-OT-Ed) designed for low income adults with Type 2 Diabetes. Half of the participants will participate in the Nutrition Education, and the other half of the participants will participate in Nutrition Education plus Occupational Therapy group and group yoga.
NCT04164030 — Type 2 Diabetes
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/type-2-diabetes/NCT04164030/