Feasibility of Identifying Brain Mechanisms of Qigong and Behavioral Outcomes After Qigong Practice in People With Chronic Low Back Pain

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Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

The long-term objective of this investigation is to identify how Qigong affects brain function in brain areas relevant to patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP), thereby setting a foundation from which to perform further clinical research.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04164225

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

60

Starts

2020-01-21

Expected to finish

2028-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults with chronic low back pain

You may not qualify if…

• Those with cognitive problems
• Those unable to speak or understand instructions
• Those who have nerve problems, fractures, or infections
• Those who do not speak English
• Those with severe deficit in motor imagery or in vision (both are used in MRI tasks)

Where it is running

• Children's Rehabilitation Center, 426 Church Street SE Room 302 - Brain Body Mind Lab Minneapolis, MN 55455 — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (enrolling)

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