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A Controlled Trial of Yoga in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Yoga for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 78 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
IBD adds additional stressors as a chronic disease that has unpredictable and sometimes embarrassing symptoms to the normal challenges that teenagers face. Stress and how stressful events are perceived, may contribute to worsening of disease. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), are used often by pediatric IBD patients and maybe beneficial in decreasing stress and improving quality of life. Yoga could be a well suited paring with standard medical therapy to decrease and provide a better sense of control and improve quality of life.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
1 Hour yoga class