The Effects of a Yoga Program in Heart Failure Patients
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Conditions studied: Heart Failure
In brief
The proposed research will investigate the clinical outcomes associated with a modified yoga training program in patients with heart failure (HF). HF patients (15-20) will participate in a modified yoga program during an 8 week period, two times per week with instruction for home practice. Baseline measures and follow-up will be taken after 8 weeks. The underlying hypothesis to be tested is that yoga-induced improvements in nervous system and skeletal muscle function will yield positive effects on clinical outcomes, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in patients with HF. The effect of combined yoga and breathing training on the natural history of HF and its potential to decrease negative clinical outcomes and improve symptoms is unknown. The relevance of this research is related to the important information it will provide to clinicians caring for patients with HF and will be the basis for pilot data for future NIH funding applications.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00794027
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 20
- Starts
- 2008-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-08-02
Who can join
Age: 30 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- NYHA class I-III
- normal sinus rhythm
- able to walk
- ability to read or understand English
- age 30-75
You may not qualify if…
- cognitive impairment
- inability to consent
- 100% paced with pacemaker
- hospitalization within 3 months
- MI or recurrent angina within 6 months
- severe stenotic valve disease
- history of sudden cardiac death
- history of uncontrolled ventricular tachyarrhythmias
- pulmonary hypertension
- FEV1 less than 1 liter by spirometry
- orthopedic impediments to yoga
- medication noncompliance
Where it is running
- UCSF Osher Center and UCSF Cardiology Faculty Practice — San Francisco, California, United States
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