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CompletedNCT01806922Updated Feb 11, 2014

Yoga Exercise for Improving Balance in Patients With Subacute &Ｃhronic Stroke

An interventional study of Yoga in Depression and Stroke, sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-02-11.

Sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
30 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Hypothesis: This study investigated the hypothesis that subacute and chronic stroke patients who received a combination of yoga and traditional physiotherapy were getting more improvement in standing balance than traditional physiotherapy. And we also hypothesis yoga can improve post-stroke depression symtom.

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Conditions studied

  • Depression
  • Stroke

Keywords

  • Yoga
  • Stroke
  • Standing balance
  • Depression
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In context

Stroke

7,286 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,007 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 50 across 5,369 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.

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Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 2,563 studies on the registry; 569 are open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (18%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. The time of stroke onset is more than 91 days.
  2. Able to stand for more than 1 minutes.
  3. Between the ages of 30 and 80.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Now receive others palliative therapy.
  2. Significant psychotic disease.
  3. Obvious language disorder.
  4. Medical contraindication(clincans evaluate cannot included).
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Yoga training, Tradiational physiotherapy

    Experimental Group(20 people) receive tradiational physiotherapy(4 times in a week, every time 1 hour), and 8-weeks yoga training(2 time in a week, every time 1 hour)

    Behavioral: Yoga

  • No intervention
    Tradiational physiotherapy

    Control Group(20 people)only receive tradiational rehabiliation( 4 times in a week, every time 1 hour ) for 8 weeks.

Interventions

  • BehavioralYoga
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Berg Balance Scale

    Time frame: within 7 days after finish yoga therapy course

Secondary outcomes

  1. Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire

    Time frame: within 7 days after finish yoga therapy course

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch
    Hsin-Chu, 30059, Taiwan
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References and documents

Publications

  • 1.Tyson SF, Hanley M, Chillala J, Selley A, Tallis RC. Balance disability after stroke. Phys Ther. 2006;86:30. 2.Jorgensen L, Engstad T, Jacobsen BK. Higher incidence of falls in long-term stroke survivors than in population controls: Depressive symptoms predict falls after stroke. Stroke. 2002;33:542-547 3.Balance retraining after stroke using force platform biofeedback. Phys Ther. 1997 ; 77;553-58. 4.A yoga-based exercise program for people with chronic poststroke hemiparesis. Bastille JV, Gill-Body KM. Phys Ther. 2004 Jan;84(1):33-48. 5.Poststroke balance improves with yoga: a pilot study.Schmid AA, Van Puymbroeck M, Altenburger PA, Schalk NL, Dierks TA, Miller KK, Damush TM, Bravata DM, Williams LS. Stroke. 2012 Sep;43(9):2402-7. Epub 2012 Jul 26. 6.Chan W, Immink MA, Hillier S. Yoga and exercise for symptoms of depression and anxiety in people with poststroke disability: a randomized, controlled pilot trial. Altern Ther Health Med. 2012 May-Jun;18(3):34-43.
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 11, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01806922
Lead sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 7, 2013
Start date
Mar 2013
Primary completion
Feb 2014
Completion
Feb 2014
Last update
Feb 11, 2014

Study contacts

Yen-Ting Lai
principal investigator · National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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