Effects of a Single Session of Integrated Yoga Therapy Compared With Other Relaxation Techniques

Hiroshima University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Yoga

Treatments: Behavioral: integrated yoga program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02837133

HiroshimaU

Details and patient eligibility

About

Typically a course of yoga therapy for stress management takes place over a week, however, investigators are often asked to provide a single session for workers. The aim of this study is to assess the benefits of a single session of an integrated yoga program compared with other relaxation techniques for the staff of schools.

Enrollment: 145 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• school staff members, including school managers, teachers, school nurses, school office workers, nutritionists and cooks
• volunteers attending a stress management workshop

Exclusion criteria

• those who had any previous experience of practicing yoga or any relaxation procedures

Trial design

145 participants in 1 patient group

other techniques group

Experimental group

Description:

theory and practice of pair massage with tapping, stretching of the ankle and neck, and autogenic training

Treatment:

Behavioral: integrated yoga program