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Qigong and Exercise Therapy for Low Back Pain in Adults

NCT00993980 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 127

Last updated 2012-07-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of qigong for the treatment of low back pain compared to a stabilizing exercise therapy.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

qigong

one therapy session once a week during three months, that is 12 therapy sessions altogether

PROCEDURE

exercise therapy

one therapy session once a week during three months, that is 12 therapy sessions altogether

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia M Witt, MD · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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