Immediate Effect of Energy Alignment and Mantra on Stress Related Pain in Adolescents

Immediate Effect of Energy Alignment and Mantra on Stress Related Pain in Adolescents: Stomach Aches, Musculoskeletal Pains, and Headaches

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03308630

Enrollment

218

Registered

2017-10-12

Start date

2017-06-28

Completion date

2017-08-25

Last updated

2017-10-12

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Conditions

Headache, Musculoskeletal Pain, Stress Related Disorder

Brief summary

Psychiatrists have expressed concern at the emergence of education as a serious source of stress for school-going children - causing high incidence of deaths by suicide. Many adolescents in India are referred to hospital psychiatric units for school-related distress - exhibiting symptoms of depression, high anxiety, frequent school refusal, phobia, physical complaints, irritability, weeping spells, and decreased interest in school work. Previous studies have found significant anxiety, distress, depression, worn outs and severe impact of psychological factors on the performances of dental, engineering and medical student. But students preparing for competitive exams have not been studied yet. Current study reports the scientific evidence of immediate effect of yoga based techniques combined with music and Vedic chants on adolescents preparing for competitive exams.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALYoga based Energy Alignment and Mantra

Yoga intervention was based on the concept that there is not just a physical body, but a subtle energy body can be bound with residue of stress, unprocessed emotions, and excess mental energy. Using Yoga based practices combined with Mantra chants, Music and energy alignments poses, stress induced pain can be alleviated.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to 19 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All adolescents enrolled at the participating centers and that agree to sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* not agreement to sign the informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Self reported Stress	2 Weeks	Stress level on the scale of 1-10 was reported before the intervention and after 2 week of practice

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in Musculo-skeleton Pain measured on VAS	2 weeks	VAS at the beginning and end of the 2 week of intervention
Change in Headache severity on VAS	2 weeks	VAS at the beginning and end of the 2 week of study intervention
Change in Stomach pain on VAS	2 weeks	—

Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026