Yogic Breathing Changes Salivary Components

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Conditions studied: Alzheimer Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cancer

In brief

Our aim is to analyze two ancient Tamil practices (chanting and breathing exercise) if they are capable of stimulating saliva containing agents that can be beneficial to the nervous system. Our study subjects will perform Tamil chanting and Tamil breathing exercise. Saliva will be collected before, during and after the exercises. We will quantify the specific proteins in these salivary samples. The results will benefit further studies in various patient populations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02108769

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

20

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Anyone

You may not qualify if…

• breathing problems (inability to breath through nostrils, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma)
• speech problems that would prevent chanting
• inability to listen and follow exercise instructions
• sinus congestion
• Sjogren's syndrome
• chronic dry mouth due to medication or other conditions
• use of anti-cholinergic medications Informed consent will be obtained from each subject after completely describing the study.

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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