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Yoga Breath Training to Improve Cardiorespiratory Synchrony in Spinal Cord Injury

Psychosocial/other
General health
Online since 15 March 2025, updated 234 days ago
Curated trial

About this trial

This trial is enrolling 20 individuals with spinal cord injury to test the effect of Ujjayi yogic breathing on respiratory function, sleep quality, and pulmonary function. Ujjayi breathing is a slow, controlled breathing technique involving inhalation and exhalation through the nose while gently constricting the back of the throat. If included, participants will undergo 6 weeks of Ujjayi breathing training. Final testing will be performed after 6 weeks.

Included participants

Gender
All
Age
18 - 60 years
Injury level
C1 - S5
  • Severity (AIS)?
    • AIS-A
    AIS-B
    AIS-C
    Time since injury
    All
    Healthy volunteers
    No
    C1-S5
    Additionally, participants must
    be a wheelchair user
    NOT suffer from any other pulmonary, coronary artery, or neurological disease
    NOT currently be using tobacco or cardioactive medications (unless used to support blood pressure)

    What’s involved

    Type

    Psychosocial/other

    Details

    - Participants will undergo 6 weeks of Ujjayi breathing training, starting with exhalation resistance (first three weeks) and progressing to both inhalation and exhalation resistance (second three weeks). - Ujjayi breathing is a slow, controlled breathing technique involving inhalation and exhalation through the nose while gently constricting the back of the throat. - Final testing will be performed after 6 weeks.

    Potential benefits

    Main benefits

    General health

    Additional benefits

    Good to know: Potential benefits are defined as outcomes that are being measured during and/or after the trial.

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    • Trial recruitment status
    • Recruiting
    • Trial start date
    • 1 Aug 2024
    • Organisation
    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    View on clinicaltrials.gov
    for more details
    • Trial recruitment status
    • Recruiting
    • Trial start date
    • 1 Aug 2024
    • Organisation
    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    View on clinicaltrials.gov
    for more details

    Wings for Life supports SCITrialsFinder

    Wings for Life has proudly initiated, led and funded the new version of the SCI Trials Finder website. Wings for Life aims to find a cure for spinal cord injuries. The not-for-profit foundation funds world-class scientific research and clinical trials around the globe.

    Learn more

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