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The purpose of the study is to better understand the effects of a yoga program on adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The investigators want to learn whether or not a yoga therapy based program will decrease pain and improve quality of life in patients with JIA.

This is an 8-week program with home program of online videos.


Clinical Trial Description

This is an 8-week program consisting of weekly yoga therapy classes in a public studio. The classes are led by a pediatric occupational therapist who is also a certified internationally accredited yoga therapist (C-IAYT). The initial and final sessions will include an Rheumatologist MD evaluation including a physician global assessment and joint damage assessment (JADI) and visual assessment (VAS). A Visual Analog Pain Scale will and Peds Quality of Life Questionnaire-Arthritis Module 4.0 will be administered. Each yoga class is 75 minutes to include a set-sequence of postures including breathing exercises and final corpse pose (final relaxation). ;


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NCT number NCT03286933
Study type Interventional
Source Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date May 6, 2017
Completion date June 26, 2017

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