Medical Yoga for Patients With Stress-related Symptoms
Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of Medical Yoga as a group treatment, to conventional treatment provided by a physical therapist, for people with perceived stress-related symptoms.
Forty people are to be randomized to either:
1. Intervention Group - Medical Yoga, group treatment for eight weeks, 60 minutes per week, with the guidance of a physical therapist.
or
2. Control - treatment as usual (TAU) in physical therapy.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
Stress-related Illness/Anxiety
Intervention
Medical Yoga, Treatment as Usual (physical therapy)
Status
Not yet recruiting
Source
Vastra Gotaland Region
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02907138
- ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2016
Published on BioPortfolio: 2016-09-20T20:38:21-0400
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Relaxation Therapy
Treatment to improve one's health condition by using techniques that can reduce PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; or both.
Physical Therapist Assistants
Persons who, under the supervision of licensed PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, provide patient treatment using various PHYSICAL THERAPY THECHNIQUES.
Physical Therapy Modalities
Therapeutic modalities frequently used in PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY) by physical therapists or physiotherapists to promote, maintain, or restore the physical and physiological well-being of an individual.
Physical Therapists
Persons trained in PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY to make use of PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES to prevent, correct, and alleviate movement dysfunction.
Complementary Therapies
Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
