Yoga effect on cognitive performance in male and female

Investigating differences in mindfulness and neurocognitive performance between male and female yoga and non-yoga practitioners: a case control study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Observational

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2018/01/011382

Enrollment

120

Registered

2018-01-17

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga Group: All participants in Yoga Group will have minimum 24 month experience Control Intervention1: Control Group: This group participants will not have any yoga experience.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Yoga Group (YG) participants will be consisted of students of graduate, postgraduate and yoga therapists with a minimum of two yearsâ?? experience and resident of the yoga center and routine yogic lifestyle. 2. Non-Yoga Group (NY) participants will be recruited from nearby medical college students and while selection they should be non-smokers or a non-alcoholic, vegetarian diet. 3. All participants will be screened to rule out possible cognitive deficiency using the Mini-Mental State Examination with a cut-off score 27.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Any participant with the neurological or psychiatric problems. 2. Smoking, drugs etc. 3. Any medication which influences cognitive functions.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Visual n-back task, 2. Color-Word Stroop Task, and 3. Running memory span, Timepoint: Day 1 and Day 2	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), 2.The Freiburg Mindful Inventory [FMI], 3. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), 4. Positive states of mind (POSM), and 5. Perceived stress scale (PSS-10)Timepoint: Day 3 and Day 4	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKiran Menon

Swami Vivekananda Yoga University (S-VAYSA)

deepeshwar.singh@gmail.com9036367402

Outcome results