Yoga vs Stretching in Veterans With Chronic Lower Back Pain: Does Mindfulness Matter?

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Conditions studied: Chronic Low Back Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of recruiting, enrolling and collecting outcome data on CLBP patients within the Veterans Affairs Community Based Rochester Outpatient Center who undergo an 8 week active exercise class with mindfulness (yoga) and without mindfulness (stretching class)

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03432169

Run by

Canandaigua VA Medical Center

People needed

20

Starts

2018-02-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult Veterans between the ages of 18-89
• Lower back pain > 12 weeks
• Have the ability to exercise independently.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects will be excluded if
• They are currently enrolled in or maintain a home meditation practice
• If they are currently involved in a mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy group.
• If they have participated in a structured group yoga class in the last three months.
• If they have an open workers compensation or no-fault case or have undergone spinal surgery in the past 6 months.

Where it is running

• Rochester Outpatient Clinic (ROPC) of the Canandaigua VA Medical Center — Rochester, New York, United States

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