Yoga for Kyphosis Trial
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Official title
Phase 2 Study of Yoga for Excess Thoracic Curvature.
Brief summary
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This study seeks to determine whether a specially designed Hatha Yoga program can reduce hyperkyphosis in men and women who are at least 60 years of age and who have excessive thoracic kyphosis.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00781729
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- NIH
- Enrollment
- 118 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Yoga, one hour class, 3 times per week, for 24 weeks Behavioral
- Luncheon Seminar Series, once per month, for 24 weeks Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 60 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2004
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2006
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2006
- Last update posted
- Oct 28, 2008
2004 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA Division of Geriatrics | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 28, 2008 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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