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Massage, Meditation, and Tai Chi for Chronic Lower Back Pain

NCT00070915 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2017-10-13

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Summary

This clinical trial is a preliminary study designed to prepare for a full-scale, randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of tai chi, mediation, and therapeutic massage for chronic lower back pain in adults.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai chi

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction program

PROCEDURE

Therapeutic massage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Kaiser Permanente

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel C. Cherkin · Center for Health Studies

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-09-30
Completion
2003-06-30

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