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Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: 1. Yoga bellows-type breathing (Bhastrika pranayama),
2. High frequency yoga breathing (Kapalabhati pranayama) and
3. Humming bee breathing (Bhramari pranayama): 1. Yoga bellows-typ
Sponsors
Patanjali Research Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy adults (health status is based on a semi-structured interview) 2. Minimum yoga experience 3 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Person having any health conditions which could make it unsafe to practice of any pranayama. The health conditions unsafe to practice high frequency yoga breathing and yoga bellows-type breathing are epilepsy, hypertension, history of stroke, gastric ulcer, hernia, glaucoma, recent abdominal surgery and pregnancy. Tinnitus and an active ear infection are the conditions which are unsafe to practice humming bee breathing. 2. Person with extra systole based on electrocardiogram (ECG) 3. Person with abnormal evoked response based on mid-latency auditory response (MLR) 4. Having any type of skin allergy 5. Consumption of alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and also intake of medication (before and during the days of recording)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Middle latency auditory evoked response (MLR), 2. Heart rate variability (HRV) and 3. Respiration rate (RR). Timepoint: In each session there will be (i) Baseline (5 minutes), (ii) During (18 minutes with three epochs of 5 minutes with one minute rest between two consecutive epochs) and (iii) Post (5 minutes). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mood using Brief mood introspection scale (BMIS), 2. Symptoms of hyperventilation syndrome using Nijmegen questionnaire (NQ) and 3. Quality of intervention using Visual analogue scale (VAS).Timepoint: 1. For BMIS, in each session there will be:(i) Baseline and (ii) Post assessment (after 18 minutes of intervention). 2. For NQ and VAS, in each session there will be: (i) Only post assessment (after 18 minutes of intervention). | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Shirley Telles
Patanjali Research Foundation (Trust)
Outcome results
None listed