Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain and Its Mechanism of Action (YoMA)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Chronic Low Back Pain
In brief
This is a study to better understand how a yoga intervention helps improve symptoms in people with chronic low back pain. This study will be a 12-week intervention of about 24 participants with chronic low back pain where all individuals will receive weekly yoga classes and instructions for home practice. The purpose of this study is to collect feasibility data and to conduct preliminary analyses in preparation for a larger planned NIH study.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01739140
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2012-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-11-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Chronic low back pain lasting > 3 months
- Back pain that is rated at least 3 on a numeric pain rating scale that ranges from 0 to 10 (0-no pain, 10 worst pain imaginable).
- English language fluency
You may not qualify if…
- BMI > 40
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Recent diagnosis of abdominal aneurism
- Recent diagnosis of metastatic cancer
- Recent diagnosis of discitis
- Recent diagnosis of disk disease
- Recent diagnosis of spinal stenosis
- Recent diagnosis of spondylolisthesis
- Recent diagnosis of infectious cause of back pain
- Recent diagnosis of fracture of vertebra
- Recent diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
- Recent diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
- Recent diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis
- Recent diagnosis of paralysis
- Pregnancy
- Prior or planned back surgery
- Blindness or severe vision problems
- Deafness or severe hearing problems
- Bipolar or manic depression and not taking medication
- Major depression
- Psychoses (major)
- a substance abuse condition
- Dementia
- Unable to get up and down from the floor
- Involvement in a lawsuit related to back pain
Where it is running
- University of California, San Francisco's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine — San Francisco, California, United States
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