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Slow Yogic-Derived Breathing and Respiration and Cardiovascular Variability in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- Where
- Cambridge, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 17 people enrolled
- Started
- 22 Aug 2022
- Ended
- 20 Jan 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Slow Breathing
- Record updated
- 29 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 60 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age: 18-60 years old
- Wheelchair user
- Medically stable \& able to follow directions
- Body mass index (18.5 - 35 kg/m2)
Who cannot take part
- Current use of cardioactive medications (except medication to support blood pressure)
- Significant arrhythmia
- Coronary artery disease
- Diabetes
- Renal Disease
- Cancer
- Epilepsy or other neurological diseases
- BP >140/90 mmHg
- Current tobacco use
Where in United States
- Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalCambridge, United StatesNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This research will aid in understanding of slow-breathing and its effect on heart rate and blood pressure in people with a spinal cord injury (SCI). This research will investigate if traditional 'yogic' breathing exercises can be performed by subjects with SCI and its influence on the cardiovascular system.
The group in the trial
- Spinal Cord Injured ParticipantsTreatment being tested
17 medically stable male and female subjects between 18 and 60 years old, BMI between 18.5-35 kg/m2, with a SCI and who use a wheelchair were recruited. Participants that did not speak English or with a history of renal, neurological, or coronary artery disease, cancer, diabetes, significant arrhythmia smoking, or using cardioactive medications were excluded.
Treatment: Slow Breathing
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effect of Slow Breathing and Yogic-Derived Breathing on Respiration and Cardiovascular Variability in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
- Record updated
- 29 May 2026