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Effect of Ujjayi Pranayama on heart rate variability and mood in healthy adults

Effects of Ujjayi pranayama on psychophysiological variables - NIL

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/11/097078
Enrollment
30
Registered
2025-11-07
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: The intervention includes volitional yoga breathing techniques: Ujjayi Pranayama The total duration of the session will be of 38 minutes as detailed below Time points (i) pre (10 min)

Sponsors

Patanjali Research Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (i) Students having at least 3 months of experience in breathing techniques (pranayama) (ii) have normal health based on a semi structured interview

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who will be taking medication and having history of smoking, consuming tobacco, alcohol, mental health disorders, extra systole, hypertension and cardiac conditions will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Physiological Outcomes (i) Heart Rate Variability to assess parasympathetic activity (ii) Respiration used to assess breathing Characteristics (iii) Blood Pressure (iv) Galvanic Skin Conductance and Finger Plethysmograph uses to asses sympathetic activityTimepoint: Time points: Three The total duration of each session will be 38 minutes with three states i.e., (i) pre (10 min), (ii) during (18 min) (iii) post (10 min)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Psychological outcomes (i)Six letter cancellation test (SLCT): The six-letter cancellation test (SLCT) will be use to assess the performance test. (ii)Global Vigor and Affect (GVA) instrument: The global vigor and affect scale (GVAS) will be used to assess subjective feelings of global vigor and global affect. Timepoint: Time points: Two (i) Pre: After 5 minutes of pre recording (ii) Post: After 18 minutes of the intervention

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Shirley Telles

Patanjali Research Foundation Trust

office@prft.co.in9760018118

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026