Yoga in School Sports - a Pilot Study in Germany

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress; Yoga

Treatments: Other: School sport; Other: Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02741973

SchoolYoga

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this trial is a first evaluation of the effectiveness of yoga as alternative for school sports to evaluate potential effects in stress reduction and concomitant psychological parameters.

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 27 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students of Berlin Oberstufenzentrum (OSZ) aged 17-27 years
• Written consent (with parents at underage (17 years)

Exclusion criteria

• Severe chronic or acute diseases
• Pregnancy or lactation
• Immobility or restriction for gymnastic exercises because of orthopedic, neurological or other medical reasons
• Participation in another study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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102 participants in 2 patient groups

Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Students have 10 weeks yoga instead of school sport.

Treatment:

Other: Yoga

School sport

Active Comparator group

Description:

Students have 10 weeks regular school sport.

Treatment:

Other: School sport