Online Yoga vs Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Treating Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorPalo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
About this trial
This study will compare online yoga with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an established treatment for chronic pain. We will compare the efficacy of the two treatments for reducing chronic musculoskeletal pain in veterans.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Veteran of the United States Armed Forces ≥ 18 years old
Chronic pain > 6 months related to at least one musculoskeletal pain-related diagnosis indicated by an ICD-9 or -10 code
Minimum pain intensity at screening ≥4 on a 0-10 using the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS)
Not begun new pain treatments or medications in the past month
Disqualifiers
Participation in another clinical trial, unless given prior authorization from both our research team and that of the other study
Back surgery within the last 12 months
Back pain potentially attributed to a specific known condition
Baseline pain <4 or ≥9 on a 0-10 Numeric Rating Scale
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Yoga
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Treatment groups
274 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov