Yoga for Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Curative Cancer Patients

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

5

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2013

Primary Completion Date

June 13, 2017

Study Completion Date

June 13, 2017

Conditions
Advanced Cancer
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Hatha Yoga

This is a 7-week home/hospice-based instructive Hatha yoga program (available on DVD) for adolescent and young adults diagnosed with a non-curative cancer. Participants will be asked to complete a minimum of one, 75-minute yoga session per week. The DVD package includes four discs that increase in difficulty over the course of the 7-week program. The DVD focuses on postures and breathing exercises. Participants will be asked to keep track of the number and duration of yoga sessions completed over the 7-week period.

Trial Locations (1)

B3H 4R2

Dalhousie University, Halifax

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Dalhousie University

OTHER

collaborator

IWK Health Centre

OTHER

collaborator

Nova Scotia Health Authority

OTHER

lead

Rob Rutledge

OTHER