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Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations

NCT01343927 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 320

Last updated 2019-02-07

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Summary

A randomized controlled trial for chronic low back pain in predominantly minority populations with three treatment arms: yoga, physical therapy, and education. Four cohorts of participants will be randomized in a 2:2:1 ratio (yoga:physical therapy:education). Primary outcomes are pain intensity and measure of disability; secondary outcomes are pain medication use, treatment adherence, and health-related quality of life.

Conditions

  • Back Pain Lower Back Chronic

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly yoga classes

Manualized 12-week Hatha yoga intervention developed specifically for chronic low back pain in adult populations; classes meet once each week at community-based locations.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual physical therapy treatment

12 weeks of fifteen individual physical therapy sessions divided as follows: Week 1 intake appointment; weeks 2-4 two appointments per week; weeks 5-12 one appointment per week.

BEHAVIORAL

Education

Participants given "The Back Pain Helpbook" and periodic newsletters addressing back pain and self care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert B Saper, MD, MPH · Boston University School of Medicine/ Boston Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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