YOGA Asanas and Myofascial Chain Activity in Elderly Individuals

The Effect of YOGA Asanas on Anterior and Posterior Myofascial Chain Activity in Elderly Individuals

Aging is a differentiation process with chronological, biological, psychological and social characteristics, which occurs in the intrauterine period and ends with death. With aging, the structures and functions of tissues are affected and there is a decline in overall physical performance. Asanas in yoga use tonic muscle contraction coordinated with breath control and kinesthetic awareness, which saves energy compared to phasic muscle contraction often observed in physical exercises. We have not encountered a study examining the effect of asanas on muscular activity in old age. Our study will provide support to the literature in this direction.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Geriatrics
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: YOGA

Detailed Description

The study will be carried out on volunteers after the approval of the ethics committee. Before the research, individuals and / or their relatives will be informed about the purpose and content of the study. Participants will first start in mountain (Tadasana) asana. They will then be asked to come to the following asanas in a randomized order. In each of the asanas, you will statically pause for 15 seconds and repeat the movement three times. Participants will rest for 2 minutes between asanas. If deemed necessary during the application, modifications will be made in the movements and security measures will be taken. Warrior 2, elongated triangle, and Light Cluster stances will be evaluated for each limb separately. Muscle activations of individuals to the contralateral external oblique abdominal and ipsilateral adductor longus muscles of the anterior oblique myofascial chain lines and the contralateral latissimus dorsi and ipsilateral biceps femoris long head muscles to the posterior oblique myofascial chain lines will be evaluated using superficial EMG.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 6
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Konya, Turkey, 42020
    • KTO Karatay University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years to 75 years (OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• community-dwelling male and female volunteers who do not do high-level exercise or take frequent long walks and do yoga

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active angina, uncontrolled hypertension, high resting heart rate or respiratory rate, unstable asthma, or exacerbated COPD; cervical spine instability or other significant neck injury, rheumatoid arthritis, unstable ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, elbow or wrist joints, hemiparesis or paraparesis, movement disorders (eg, Parkinson's disease), peripheral neuropathies, residual defective stroke, and severe vision or hearing problems, use of a walker or wheelchair, insufficient hearing to ensure safety in a yoga group setting

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: YOGA; sEMG values will record during different 5 YOGA Asana's	Other: YOGA; Five different YOGA Asana's will made randomly

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
sEMG	sEMG activity will record during YOGA Asana's	During the YOGA Asana's

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 27, 2022
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): June 27, 2022
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): June 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 27, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 27, 2022
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 2, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): August 17, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 16, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: KaratatUH4

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