Status:
COMPLETED
Mindful Walking in Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Conditions:
Chronic Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a mindful walking program is effective in the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- male and female, 18-65 years
- chronic low back pain (disease duration \> 3 months)
- pain intensity on visual analogue scale at inclusion \> 40 mm (0-100 mm scale)
- only pharmacological treatment with NSAID or no treatment in the last 4 weeks
- undersigned informed consent form
Exclusion
- active walking or jogging in the last 6 weeks (\< 60 minutes/week)
- regular meditation, relaxation exercise, mindfulness exercise in last 6 weeks (\> 30 minutes per week)
- use of complementary medicine therapies as acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine in last 6 weeks or planned in the next 12 weeks
- use of other nonpharmacological therapies as physical therapy, manual therapy or osteopathy in the last 4 weeks
- participation in another trials within the last 3 months
- pathological neurological symptoms such as muscular paralysis or paraesthesia due to spinal disc herniation or other causes
- risk of falls and inability to walk
- angina pectoris in the last 3 months
- chronic respiratory disease with respiratory insufficiency
- intake of central nervous system-acting analgesics in the last 6 weeks
- Known renal and / or hepatic diseases
- Severe organic, psychological or psychiatric disorders that are not permitting a study participation
- applying for early retirement due to low back pain
- no undersigned informed consent form
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
48 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01893073
Start Date
June 1 2013
Last Update
March 26 2014
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Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany, 10117