Investigating the Effect of Yoga-based Breathing Styles on the Human Brain, With a Focus on Memory

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if yoga-based breathing styles could improve memory performance in adult persons without relevant prior experience in yoga, meditation or similar disciplines and without existing health problems which could hinder the implementation of the breathing exercises. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the memory performance get better ? * Can the subjective stress level be reduced ? Participants will complete a memory test while doing a specific nasal and oral breathing. They will complete a two-week training period after the test with daily nasal or mouth breathing training or no training at all, depending on the group, the are divided into. Researchers will compare the effect of different breathing styles on memory ability among themselves.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Willingness to take on the 2-week exercises but no new athletic or meditative activities

• Yoga-naive and without significant prior experience in various meditative or athletic disciplines that ostensibly involve elements of breath control

• Access to a device with internet access

• Signing of the consent form to participate in the study

Locations
Other Locations
Germany
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Saarland University Medical Center
RECRUITING
Homburg
Contact Information
Primary
Maximilian A Becker
maximilian_arno.becker@uni-saarland.de
+49 176 20205231
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-06-03
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 75
Treatments
Experimental: Nose-breathing
Controlled nose-breathing
Active_comparator: Mouth-breathing
Controlled mouth-breathing
No_intervention: Control group
no intervention
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Universität des Saarlandes

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