Feasibility of a Yoga Program for Veterans With PTSD

NCT ID: NCT05177757

Last Updated: 2022-09-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 14 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-01-03
• Study Completion Date: 2022-05-28

Brief Summary

This study is designed to examine the feasibility of a 12-week yoga program on physiological and psychological health and its neurobiological mechanisms in N=15 veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The investigators will be examining specific parameters of health and mechanisms before and after the yoga program.

Conditions

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Yoga Intervention

The yoga exercise program will be conducted at the Marquette campus and will consist of one session per week for 12 weeks. The duration of each session will be approximately one hour. The program the investigators will use is the Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery Program (https://www.veteransyogaproject.org/), an evidence-informed practice adapted for veterans with PTSD based on clinical and neuroscientific knowledge. This program is a 12-week protocol developed by a licensed clinical psychologist and is publicly available. All yoga sessions will be standardized based on the resilience program guidelines.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga Intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

The yoga exercise program will be conducted at the Marquette campus and will consist of one session per week for 12 weeks. The duration of each session will be approximately one hour. The program the investigators will use is the Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery Program (https://www.veteransyogaproject.org/), an evidence-informed practice adapted for veterans with PTSD based on clinical and neuroscientific knowledge. This program is a 12-week protocol developed by a licensed clinical psychologist and is publicly available. All yoga sessions will be standardized based on the resilience program guidelines.

Interventions

Yoga Intervention

The yoga exercise program will be conducted at the Marquette campus and will consist of one session per week for 12 weeks. The duration of each session will be approximately one hour. The program the investigators will use is the Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery Program (https://www.veteransyogaproject.org/), an evidence-informed practice adapted for veterans with PTSD based on clinical and neuroscientific knowledge. This program is a 12-week protocol developed by a licensed clinical psychologist and is publicly available. All yoga sessions will be standardized based on the resilience program guidelines.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• U.S. Military Veteran
• 18 years of age or older
• Diagnosis of PTSD as assessed by a score of >30 on the PTSD-Checklist Version 5 (PCL-5)
• Willing and able to attend testing and yoga sessions at the Athletic and Human Research Performance Center (AHPRC) on the campus of Marquette University
• Clear to participate in physical activity based on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ+)

Exclusion Criteria

• Currently pregnant or trying to become pregnant
• Positive score to one or more items on the PAR-Q+ without physician approval
• Already established regular use of yoga (i.e., more than one day per week)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Marquette University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jacklynn Fitzgerald

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jacklynn Fitzgerald, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Marquette University

Locations

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HR- 3973

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id