Stress
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: intervention group: daily performed sequence of 20-minute-long nasal yoga-based respiratory exercises (duration of intervention four weeks)
Group 2: active control group: same daily performed
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Healthy, most importantly, absence of debilitating neuropsychiatric, cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary diseases, warranting treatment and altering the functionality of said bodily systems. • No significant experience in the field of meditative and\or physical disciplines centring around breath control, e.g. most types of yoga. • No intention to introduce major changes to one’s routine, esp. activities related to sports, breath exercises and\or meditation, for the entire duration of the intervention. • Signing the written consent form (see Appendix). • Explicitly consenting to be notified about accidental findings.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We strictly excluded: • Any bearer of MRI-incompatible body implants, such as pacemakers, drug pumps, cochlear implants, braces (except for retainers), screws, contraceptive coils etc. • Epileptic patients. A more lenient person-to-person approach was implemented in subjects with • A history of surgeries concerning the neurosurgical, thoracic or cardiovascular fields, • Claustrophobia, • Known pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Detection of neuromorphological changes in the brain using structural MRI (VBM analysis) with 3 measurement points (T1 on day 0, T2 on day 14, T3 on day 28) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Evidence of a decrease in physical stress parameters (salivary cortisol, heart rate, blood pressure) based on multiple averaged measurements over 3 measurement days (T1 on day 0, T2 on day 14, T3 on day 28) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactChristoph Krick
Klinik für diagnostische und interventionelle Neuroradiologie am Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UKS)
Outcome results
None listed