Bikram Yoga and Asthma

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Asthmatics

Treatments: Behavioral: Bikram Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00410098

bikramasthma-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

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).

Full 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.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• controlled asthma
• age 18-30 years

Exclusion criteria

• heart,
• hypertension,
• kidney disease,
• chronic lung disease,
• oxygen dependence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)