Electromyography and Yoga

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Yoga

Treatments: Other: Low-speed yoga; Other: High-speed yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02818881

20140550

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examined the muscle activity, movement patterns, and oxygen consumption during a series of yoga poses with slow and rapid transitions.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have at least 1 year of yoga experience;
• Practice a minimum of twice per week (app 2 hours or more);
• Demonstrate good form in the poses (asanas) making up the Sun A and Sun B sequences;

Exclusion criteria

• If they have any uncontrolled neuromuscular, orthopedic or cardiovascular disease;
• If they have been advised by their physicians that they should not exercise;
• If they cannot complete three cycles each of the Sun A and B sequence in good form.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

High-speed then low-speed yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects received a single session of High-speed yoga and within one week a single session of Low-speed yoga

Treatment:

Other: High-speed yoga

Other: Low-speed yoga

Low-speed then high-speed yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects received a single session of Low-speed yoga and within one week a single session of High-speed yoga

Treatment:

Other: High-speed yoga

Other: Low-speed yoga