An interventional study of yoga in Adolescent Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Yoga Therapy, sponsored by Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 14 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-19.
Sponsored by Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of the study is to better understand the effects of a yoga program on adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The investigators want to learn whether or not a yoga therapy based program will decrease pain and improve quality of life in patients with JIA.
This is an 8-week program with home program of online videos.
This is an 8-week program consisting of weekly yoga therapy classes in a public studio. The classes are led by a pediatric occupational therapist who is also a certified internationally accredited yoga therapist (C-IAYT). The initial and final sessions will include an Rheumatologist MD evaluation including a physician global assessment and joint damage assessment (JADI) and visual assessment (VAS). A Visual Analog Pain Scale will and Peds Quality of Life Questionnaire-Arthritis Module 4.0 will be administered. Each yoga class is 75 minutes to include a set-sequence of postures including breathing exercises and final corpse pose (final relaxation).
Exclusion Criteria:
Participants will participate in weekly yoga therapy sessions and have the opportunity to use the home video online.
Behavioral: yoga
75 minute weekly group yoga classes for 8 weeks. Home program online.
Peds QL-Arthritis Module 4.0
Measures perceived quality of life for adolescents with arthritis
Time frame: 8 weeks
Visual Analog Pain Scale
Visual marker of perceived pain
Time frame: 8 weeks
Visual Assessment
Physician visual assessment
Time frame: 8 weeks
Joint Damage Assessment (JADI)
assessment of joints
Time frame: 8 weeks
Plan to share: No — Participants will be coded and all data will be connected to their code. No names will be used after recruitment.
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