Practicing Restorative Yoga or Stretching for the Metabolic Syndrome

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Metabolic Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Restorative yoga versus stretching exercises will reduce risk factors for metabolic syndrome in adults with metabolic syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01024816

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

180

Starts

2009-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-06-26

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Anyone between the ages of 21 and 65 who may meet the criteria for the metabolic syndrome can sign-up for the screening process. A more thorough screening process will be conducted to determine whether or not you are eligible to enroll in the study
• Underactive
• Overweight

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy or breast feeding
• Chronic illnesses: cancer, kidney disease, cirrhosis of the liver, rheumatologic diseases, or chronic infections
• Not ambulatory or neurological condition causing impaired mobility
• Weight over 400 pounds
• History of or plans for bariatric surgery
• Inability to speak and read English

Where it is running

• University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• Unversity of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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