Health Condition 1: null- Chronic Drug Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Health Condition 2: G328- Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Yoga and Meditation and epilepsy surgery: Yoga and Meditation practices for 3 months and 6 months pre-operative and post operative state respectively for the intervention group and wait
Sponsors
Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation SATYAM Department of Science Technology DST
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.People with chronic drug resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy 2.A radiological diagnosis of MTS 3.Willing for surgery and the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Drug resistant neo-cortical, temporal plus or extra- temporal lobe epilepsy No MTS on MRI or having neoplastic and vascular lesions Not willing for the surgery/study Previously operated cases
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in the hippocampal volume and improvement in the memory and IQ in the intervention group compared to the control groupTimepoint: 3 months preoperative, per operative and 6 months post operatively | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Improvement in the heart rate variability 2.Decrease in the inflammatory markers in the intervention group compared to the control groupTimepoint: 1.3 months preoperative 2.per operative 3.6 months post operatively | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMalla Bhaskara Rao
National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)
Outcome results
None listed