Status:
COMPLETED
Meditation and Exercise to Treat Chronic Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Duquesne University
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Pittsburgh
Conditions:
Chronic Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study evaluates the analgesic effect of a combination treatment of exercise and mindfulness based meditation in patients with chronic back pain. Half of the participants will partake in a 4-week ...
Detailed Description
Exercise and mindfulness based mediation can both produce analgesic effects in patients with chronic pain, but the mechanisms are not clear. Combining treatments could produce analgesic effects that ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Presence of clinically diagnosed nonspecific low back pain for at least 6 months
- Body mass index within the normal to overweight range (18.5-29.9)
- Resting heart rate 60 to 100 beats per minute
- Resting blood pressure less than or equal to 140/90
- Able to independently ambulate community distances without external support (e.g., walker, cane)
Exclusion
- Age less than 18 or greater than 60 years
- BMI ≥ 30 or ≤ 18.4
- Cardiovascular or respiratory disease
- Neurological disease, unrelated to low back pain
- Radicular low back pain
- Back pain associated with neuropathy
- Diabetes mellitus, Types 1 and 2
- Diagnosed with a chronic pain condition, unrelated to low back pain
- Acute pain
- Regular participation in high intensity athletic/sporting activities
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Currently pregnant
- Current cigarette smoker
- On-going litigation associated with back pain
- Inability to walk independently without external support (e.g. walker).
- Regular participation in meditation techniques or training in Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 26 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03324659
Start Date
January 26 2018
End Date
June 30 2019
Last Update
April 5 2021
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Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15282