Status:
COMPLETED
Yoga vs. Education for Veterans With Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Conditions:
Recurrent Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is the most common pain condition in the military, causing substantial physical and psychological suffering, reduction in force readiness, and high economic cost. Yoga has...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Veteran of any branch of military service
- Current low-back pain present for at least half the days over the past 6 months mean pain intensity for the previous week ≥4 on 0-10 rating scale
Exclusion
- Significant yoga practice in the previous 6 months
- Have read The Back Pain Helpbook in the previous 6 months
- New LBP treatments started within the previous month or anticipated to begin in the next 3 months
- Known pregnancy
- Known inflammatory or systemic causes of LBP
- Severe and/or progressive medical, neurological, or psychiatric comorbidities
- Inability to understand/speak English
- Plans to move out of the area in the next 6 months
- Lack of informed consent
- Unwillingness to be randomized
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02224183
Start Date
March 1 2015
End Date
July 1 2016
Last Update
July 19 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Bedford VA Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 01730