Moderate Aerobic Activity Through Yoga

NCT05184673 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 21-325
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 21
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAGA) recommend 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity for adult (18 years and older) Americans to promote health. PAGA also recommends that older adults (65+) engage in multicomponent and balance exercises weekly as a way to reduce falls and injuries from falls. This recommendation includes yoga, however, the current research and recommendations on using yoga to meet moderate intensity activity guidelines is limited. This study will utilize heart rate monitoring to determine if certain styles of yoga can be used to meet the PAGA.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Keywords

yoga; heart rate; exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Continuous heart rate

  Polar Version OH1

  orientation to week 0 (baseline)

• Continuous heart rate

  Polar Version OH1

  orientation to week 1

• Continuous heart rate

  Polar Version OH1

  orientation to week 1.5

• Continuous heart rate

  Polar Version OH1

  orientation to week 2

• Continuous heart rate

  Polar Version OH1

  orientation to week 2.5

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Modified Borg Scale

  orientation to week 1

• Modified Borg Scale

  orientation to week 1.5

• Modified Borg Scale

  orientation to week 2

• Modified Borg Scale

  orientation to week 2.5

• Yoga Self Efficacy Scale

  Baseline

Study Arms (4)

hatha thermo-neutral

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The hatha classes will hold each pose for 5 breaths in a room temperature (\~70 degrees Fahrenheit) space. Yoga sessions will be led by a 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher. This reduces the risk for injury due to the extensive training the yoga teacher will have received and the knowledge of cuing and sequencing for best practice. All study personnel will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, reducing the risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2.

Other: Behavioral and environmental

hatha hot

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The hatha hot classes will hold each pose for 5 breaths in a room heated to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Yoga sessions will be led by a 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher. This reduces the risk for injury due to the extensive training the yoga teacher will have received and the knowledge of cuing and sequencing for best practice. All study personnel will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, reducing the risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2.

Other: Behavioral and environmental

flow thermo-neutral

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The flow hot classes will flow from each pose (one breath per movement) a room temperature (\~70 degrees Fahrenheit) space. Yoga sessions will be led by a 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher. This reduces the risk for injury due to the extensive training the yoga teacher will have received and the knowledge of cuing and sequencing for best practice. All study personnel will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, reducing the risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2.

Other: Behavioral and environmental

flow hot

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The flow hot classes will flow from each pose (one breath per movement) in a room heated to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Yoga sessions will be led by a 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher. This reduces the risk for injury due to the extensive training the yoga teacher will have received and the knowledge of cuing and sequencing for best practice. All study personnel will be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, reducing the risk of spreading SARS-CoV-2.

Other: Behavioral and environmental

Interventions

Behavioral and environmental OTHER

These are all active comparator yoga sequences

flow hot; flow thermo-neutral; hatha hot; hatha thermo-neutral

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Assessed as physical activity readiness i. For those 65-70 years of age. We will also use the Physical Readiness Questionnaire Plus-this "plus" version was developed to be more inclusive of those with limited mobility and not to over-exclude older adults in other clinical trials. If a participant fails the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire + (PARQ+), a physician's approval will be mandatory ii. For those 70-85 years of age. Complete PARQ+ as well as physician approval.
• Comprehension of English language
• Able to physically attend class at the yoga studio

You may not qualify if:

• Contraindication to physical activity including but not limited to people who can independently walk and stand. This will be part of the verbal screening protocol using Falls Efficacy Scale (FES). This scale has a minimum of 16 (no concern about falling) to maximum of 64 (severe concern about falling). Participants with FES score \> 23 will be deemed high concern about falling and be excluded from participation.
• Assesses the presence and severity of 13 psychiatric symptom domains that cut across diagnostic boundaries. These domains include depression, anger, mania, anxiety, somatic symptoms, sleep disturbance, psychosis, obsessive thoughts and behaviors, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, substance use (e.g., alcohol, nicotine, prescription medication, and illicit substance use), personality functioning, dissociation, and cognition/memory problems in adults. Level 1 of this measure includes 23 questions across the 13 domains.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Samantha M Harden

Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Environment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Ecological and Environmental Phenomena; Biological Phenomena; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Samantha M Harden, PhD

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Each group of participants will complete four different yoga classes - hatha thermo-neutral, flow thermo-neutral, hatha hot, and flow hot - in different orders, keeping the time of the class, the other participants in the class, the instructor, and the sequence of the moves the same.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 26, 2021
• First Posted: January 11, 2022
• Study Start: June 8, 2021
• Primary Completion: October 28, 2021
• Study Completion: October 28, 2021
• Last Updated: July 1, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)