Yoga Efficacy and Bioactive Materials in the Blood of Korean Elderly
The Studies of Yoga Efficacy and Bioactive Materials in the Blood of Korean Elderly
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study is conducted to verify the relationships between yoga efficacy and bioactive materials in the blood of Korean elderly.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2015
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 23, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 23, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 1, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 31, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 28, 2023
CompletedApril 27, 2022
April 1, 2022
7.4 years
September 23, 2018
April 26, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Measuring the number of glycoproteins in blood between before and after participation in an elderly yoga program for both the Advanced group and Beginner group
Glycoproteins in human plasma are known to be deeply associated with multiple diseases, cell differentiation, aging, and etc. The efficacy of elderly yoga will be assessed by identifying and comparing the number of glycoproteins in blood between before and after participation in an elderly yoga program for both the Advanced group and Beginner group.
4 months
Study Arms (2)
Yoga participant groups
EXPERIMENTALYoga participant groups will practice elderly yoga for four months. We will collect their blood before and after their participation in the elderly yoga program. There will be two subgroups which are Advanced group and Beginner group.
Non-Yoga participant groups
NO INTERVENTIONNon-Yoga participant groups will not practice yoga for four months and will be used as the control. We will collect their blood before and after the elderly yoga program. There will be two subgroups which are Elderly group and Young group.
Interventions
Yoga participant groups will practice elderly yoga for four months.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- The elderly group participant over 60 years old.
- The young group participant over 20 to 57 years old.
- Individual who can read and understand Korean.
- Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
You may not qualify if:
- Participant who was diagnosed with cancer in the last five years.
- In case of participants leaving the yoga program after the primary blood collecting, they will be excluded from the secondary blood collecting.
- Individuals who are judged inappropriate for the study.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Wonryeon Cholead
Study Sites (1)
Wonkwang University
Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, KS004, South Korea
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Wonryeon Cho, PhD
Wonkwang University
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- DIAGNOSTIC
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 23, 2018
First Posted
October 1, 2018
Study Start
March 23, 2015
Primary Completion
August 31, 2022
Study Completion
February 28, 2023
Last Updated
April 27, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share