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Yoga for body posture in adolescents

Effect of yogic practices on body posture and its correlation with physical and mental health in adolescents.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/02/039917
Enrollment
200
Registered
2022-02-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-17

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga: The yoga intervention will be given for three months for five days a week. Each session is of 45 minutes and include pranayamas (yoga breathing techniques), sithili-karna vyayama

Sponsors

Sachi Sharma
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Ability to read, write and understand English (2) Subjects who are interested to participate in the study (3) Students studying from grades 6 to 10

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Subjects with any neurological or psychiatric impairment or any kind of chronic and severe illness (2) If they report any serious injury or orthopedic impairment that will hinder them to practise yoga (3) Those already engaged in any kind of yoga practice, exercise or sports like karate and gymnastics

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Body posture-Static 4-view standing postureTimepoint: Baseline and after 3 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.Lung capacity - Heart rate, VO2 max 2.Adolescent Stress level- stressful situations in 9 life domains 3.Cognition-Attention and memory 4.Physical activity energy expenditure 5.General health-childs somatic symptoms 6.Emotion regulation- Cognitive reappraisal and Expressive suppression 7.Triguna personality- Vedic personality inventoryTimepoint: Baseline and after 3 months(post-intervention)

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSachi Sharma

Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA University)

vikasrawat@svyasa.edu.in6362805583

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026