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Effects of Yoga Versus Passive Modality on Pain, Disability, Salivary Cortisol Concentrations, Brain- Derived Neurotropic Factor, Heart Rate Variability and Immune Functions Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT02244645 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2014-09-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study may clarify a potential promising mechanism and clearest evidence to support the value of yoga as a therapeutic option for reducing chronic low back pain.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

passive modality

Passive modality control group will receive regular 40-minutes rehabilitation twice a week for 3 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga treatment

Yoga treatment group will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 4 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kuender D. Yang, MD, PhD · Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

  • Shu-Hui Yeh, PhD. · Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

  • Kwan-Yu Chan, MD. · Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

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