Immediate Effect of Energy Alignment and Mantra on Stress Related Pain in Adolescents

Immediate Effect of Energy Alignment and Mantra on Stress Related Pain in Adolescents: Stomach Aches, Musculoskeletal Pains, and Headaches

Psychiatrists have expressed concern at the emergence of education as a serious source of stress for school-going children - causing high incidence of deaths by suicide. Many adolescents in India are referred to hospital psychiatric units for school-related distress - exhibiting symptoms of depression, high anxiety, frequent school refusal, phobia, physical complaints, irritability, weeping spells, and decreased interest in school work. Previous studies have found significant anxiety, distress, depression, worn outs and severe impact of psychological factors on the performances of dental, engineering and medical student. But students preparing for competitive exams have not been studied yet.

Current study reports the scientific evidence of immediate effect of yoga based techniques combined with music and Vedic chants on adolescents preparing for competitive exams.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Headache; Stress Related Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Yoga based Energy Alignment and Mantra

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 218
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• India
  • Rajasthan
    • Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
      • NMP Medical Research Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 15 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All adolescents enrolled at the participating centers and that agree to sign informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• not agreement to sign the informed consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Energy Alignment and Mantra	Behavioral: Yoga based Energy Alignment and Mantra; Yoga intervention was based on the concept that there is not just a physical body, but a "subtle energy" body can be bound with residue of stress, unprocessed emotions, and excess mental energy. Using Yoga based practices combined with Mantra chants, Music and energy alignments poses, stress induced pain can be alleviated.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self reported Stress	Stress level on the scale of 1-10 was reported before the intervention and after 2 week of practice	2 Weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Musculo-skeleton Pain measured on VAS	VAS at the beginning and end of the 2 week of intervention	2 weeks
Change in Headache severity on VAS	VAS at the beginning and end of the 2 week of study intervention	2 weeks
Change in Stomach pain on VAS		2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NMP Medical Research Institute
• Collaborators: Warwick Research Services; Hong Kong Academy of Yoga Therapy
• Investigators: Study Chair: Puneet Sharma, NMP Medical Research Institute, India; Principal Investigator: Naveen Meghwal, Hong Kong Academy of yoga therapy, Hong Kong

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 28, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 30, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): August 25, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 8, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 8, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): October 12, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 12, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 8, 2017
• Last Verified: October 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Headache; Musculoskeletal Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: NMP/10092

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No