Racial Differences in Yoga-Induced Responses

Texas State University

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Cardiovascular and Immune Responses to Yoga

Treatments

Behavioral: Vinyasa yoga session

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05598073

6877

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to 1) determine whether racial differences are evident in resting arterial stiffness and ambulatory blood pressure between African Americans and Caucasians 2) compare heart rate, blood pressure and cytokine production responses to exercise (yoga) between African Americans and Caucasians; 3) compare isokinetic muscular strength between racial groups; and 4) determine if correlations exist between these measures.

Sex

Male

Ages

18 to 39 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Men between the ages of 18 and 39 (25 African American and 25 Caucasian) that are not professional or collegiate athletes
Must exercise at least 3 days per week and have no more than 1 month of yoga practice.

Exclusion criteria

Having stage 2 hypertension (>130 mmHg for systolic / >90 mmHg for diastolic) or higher or having taken BP medications within the 3 months prior to testing
Infection within the previous 4 weeks
Known renal disease
Prior myocardial infarction
Known coronary artery disease
Personal history of stroke
Heart failure
Cardiac arrhythmias
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Recent chest pain or dyspnea
Orthopedic limitations that preclude the execution of yoga postures
Current insulin dependence
Chronic inflammatory conditions
Blindness or deafness as participants will need to follow a yoga DVD in order to complete the session
Having practiced yoga for more than 1 month
Having parents of mixed racial backgrounds (i.e. both parents must be Caucasian or African American)
Not being African American or Caucasian
Being a professional or collegiate athlete
Being insulin-dependent