An Investigation of the Gait Performance and Balance in Yoga Instructors

NCT05449730 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: (929)111-08
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Yoga is a popular exercise and thought to be beneficial to many aspects such as mood, flexibility and balance, etc. Gait performance is a indicator of overall health and functional status. This study aims to investigate whether or not yoga instructors have a more symmetric gait pattern and better balance ability than healthy people without experience of performing Yoga. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) will be used to gather data related to gait symmetry and single leg stance balance. A comparison by four performance indexes related to gait symmetry and balance will be made to quantify the potential advantages of yoga practice.

Conditions

Gait; Yoga; Balance

Keywords

Core muscle; Balance; Gait; Yoga; Symmetry; Inertial measurement units

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (11)

• Gait performance index of normal walk

  asymmetric level of the swing phases calculated by IMU when performing normal walk

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Gait performance index of Tandem gait with eyes open

  asymmetric level of the swing phases calculated by IMU when performing Tandem gait with eyes open

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Gait performance index of Tandem gait with eyes closed

  asymmetric level of the swing phases calculated by IMU when performing Tandem gait with eyes closed

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Open eye dominant foot standing balance indexes of chest

  absolute angular velocities obtained by chest IMU when standing on the dominant foot with eyes open

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Open eye dominant foot standing balance indexes of lumbar

  absolute angular velocities obtained by lumbar IMU when standing on the dominant foot with eyes open

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Closed eye dominant foot standing balance indexes of chest

  absolute angular velocities obtained by chest IMU when standing on the dominant foot with eyes closed

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Closed eye dominant foot standing balance indexes of lumbar

  absolute angular velocities obtained by lumbar IMU when standing on the dominant foot with eyes closed

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Open eye non-dominant foot standing balance indexes of chest

  absolute angular velocities obtained by chest IMU when standing on the non-dominant foot with eyes open

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Open eye non-dominant foot standing balance indexes of lumbar

  absolute angular velocities obtained by lumbar IMU when standing on the non-dominant foot with eyes open

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Closed eye non-dominant foot standing balance indexes of chest

  absolute angular velocities obtained by chest IMU when standing on the non-dominant foot with eyes closed

  within 1 month after recruitment

• Closed eye non-dominant foot standing balance indexes of lumbar

  absolute angular velocities obtained by lumbar IMU when standing on the non-dominant foot with eyes closed

  within 1 month after recruitment

Study Arms (2)

Yoga instructor

(a) overall good health and can cooperate with orders reasonably; (b) between the ages of 25 to 60 years old; (c) no limb or leg discrepancy; (d) no history of surgery on the lower limbs or spine; (e) no history of musculoskeletal injury over the lower back in the past six months; (f)practice yoga three to six days per week and at least ten years of experience in yoga

Healthy adult control

(a) overall good health and can cooperate with orders reasonably; (b) between the ages of 25 to 60 years old; (c) no limb or leg discrepancy; (d) no history of surgery on the lower limbs or spine; (e) no history of musculoskeletal injury over the lower back in the past six months; (f) no experience with yoga training; (g)participated in regular exercise 2 or 3 times a week

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Yoga instructor: active and highly experienced Yoga instructor Healthy control: gender-matched healthy participants who had no experience with yoga training and participated in regular exercise 2 or 3 times a week

You may qualify if:

• overall good health and can cooperate with orders reasonably
• between the ages of 25 to 60 years old
• practicing three to six days per week and at least ten years of experience in yoga

You may not qualify if:

• limb or leg discrepancy
• history of surgery on the lower limbs or spine
• history of musculoskeletal injury over the lower back in the past six months
• \[Healthy control\]
• overall good health and can cooperate with orders reasonably
• between the ages of 25 to 60 years old
• participated in regular exercise 2 or 3 times a week
• limb or leg discrepancy
• history of surgery on the lower limbs or spine
• history of musculoskeletal injury over the lower back in the past six months
• experience of Yoga practicing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cheng-Hsin General Hospital: lead
• National Taiwan University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Cheng Hsin General Hospital

Taipei, 112, Taiwan

Location

Study Officials

• Szu-Fu Chen, MD/PhD

  Cheng-Hsin General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 24, 2022
• First Posted: July 8, 2022
• Study Start: June 22, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2022
• Study Completion: October 31, 2022
• Last Updated: August 31, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Locations

TW (1)