NCT01305096.
Trial name or title | Not known |
Methods | Randomised controlled trial with 2 arms |
Participants | Men and women who are 25 to 60 years old, healthy, not doing regular, planned physical activity that makes them out of breath or sweaty, yoga novices, office and manual workers |
Interventions | Experimental: yoga inversions group ‐ 8 weeks of yoga classes held 2 times a week for 1 hour. The classes will consist of yoga inversions, other yoga postures and deep, slow breathing Control: no intervention ‐ conduct lives as usual |
Outcomes | Heart rate variability, anthropometric variables, common symptoms in general practice, level of sleepiness, blood pressure, hand grip strength, relaxation and recovery, perceived stress, self rated health, perceived exertion, satisfaction with life, level of work‐family conflict |
Starting date | March 2011 |
Contact information | Per Wandell, Professor, Karolinska Institutet |
Notes | — |
CES‐D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale