The Effect of Yoga Practice on Chronic Back Pain
ConditionChronic Back Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorNYU Langone Health
About this trial
Chronic low back pain is notoriously difficult to treat and is a primary contributor to lost work days and excessive health expenditures, and whose treatment has, in part, contributed to the opioid crisis. Surgery is only an option in a minority of these patients, usually confined to those with structural instability. Yoga is an ancient modality whose benefits are currently being studied.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Willingness to and ability to participate in study procedures
Chronic back pain (pain above the gluteal cleft of at least 3 months duration)
Disqualifiers
Indication for surgery (i.e., fracture, infection, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis)
Cardiac, pulmonary or other medical comorbidities that preclude participation in yoga practice
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Yoga program
Treatment groups
200 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov