Evaluation of Effectiveness of a Group Yoga Intervention as Trauma Therapy for Adolescent Girls
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: PTSD
In brief
Neuroscience evidence indicates that trauma is stored in the body, that trauma impairs the language centers found in the brain, and that emotion centers in the brain tend to override cognitive centers in the brain following trauma. Most evidence-based models to date to treat trauma using cognitive therapy, which does not fully resolve symptoms, particularly in the case of complex trauma. This evidence has led to researchers to call for alternative, body-oriented treatments that target trauma from the lowest levels of regulation up to higher levels of regulation in the brain. Yoga has been proposed as one such intervention. Recent research has investigated the benefits of yoga to treatment adult females who have experienced PTSD, but only anecdotal, descriptive, and qualitative data is available for studies of yoga with adolescents. This mixed methods study seeks to generate quantitative data demonstrating whether or not the 6-week group yoga intervention leads to decreases in general mental health and trauma-specific symptoms and qualitative data regarding the components of the intervention the participants found both helpful and unhelpful.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02373358
- Run by
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
- People needed
- 34
- Starts
- 2015-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-10-14
Who can join
Age: 11 and older, up to 18. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adolescents between the ages of 11 and 18
- Current participation in outpatient treatment at the Denver Children's Advocacy Center or McMaster Children's Hospital (Regional and Outpatient Services).
- History of complex trauma with clinical or subclinical PTSD symptoms
You may not qualify if…
- Non-English-speaking individuals.
- Currently suicidal, homicidal, or psychotic
- Significant substance use (daily or greater use of marijuana or weekly or greater use of other non-prescription/illegal drugs)
Where it is running
- Denver Children's Advocacy Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
- Hamilton Health Sciences — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.