How Body Awareness Promotes Mental Health During Yoga and Physical Exercise
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Conditions studied: Negative Thoughts, Mild Depression, Stress
In brief
The integrity of interoceptive networks is linked to resilience against depressive symptoms, whereas degradation of these networks is linked to apathy and deficits in emotion processing. The goal of this study is to compare two major styles of yoga and cardiovascular exercise through a 10-week training program to promote interoceptive awareness. The researchers hypothesize that improvement in affective symptomatology will be correlated with better interoceptive development. Changes in mood related symptoms and interoception will be assessed at baseline, week 12 and week 14, in a cohort of adults aged 18-55.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03553745
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 71
- Starts
- 2018-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2021-02-23
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-02-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18-55 years of age
- Have negative mood symptoms (depression, anxiety, stress)
- Is healthy and independent enough in daily life to attend study classes
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnant women or women who are planning to become pregnant during the study period
- History of structural brain disease, mass lesion, stroke, epilepsy
- History of addictive disorder or significant substance abuse
- Neurological disorders or reversible causes of dementia
- Suicidality or history of psychosis
- Currently attending regular yoga or aerobic exercise practice, or participated in more than 6 formal meditation, aerobic, or yoga classes in the past 12 months
- Self-reported cognitive impairment and other disorders which may preclude safe participation in the program including acute major depression, bipolar or severe personality disorder
Where it is running
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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