Group Acupuncture Therapy With Modified Yoga

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Conditions studied: Chronic Neck Pain, Chronic Low Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Pain

In brief

Chronic pain is prevalent in the U.S., with impact on physical and psychological functioning as well as lost work productivity. Minority and lower socioeconomic populations have increased prevalence of chronic pain with less access to pain care and poorer outcomes. Acupuncture therapy is effective in treating chronic pain conditions including chronic low back pain (cLBP), neck pain, shoulder pain and knee pain from osteoarthritis (OA). Acupuncture therapy, including group acupuncture, is feasible and effective, and specifically so for underserved and diverse populations at risk for health outcome disparities. Acupuncture therapy also encourages patient engagement and activation. As chronic pain improves there is a natural progression to want and need to increase activity and movement recovery. Diverse movement approaches are important both for improving range of motion, maintaining gains, strengthening and promoting patient engagement and activation. Yoga therapy is an active therapy with proven benefit in musculoskeletal pain disorders and pain associated disability. The aim of this pilot feasibility trial is to test the bundling of these two care options for chronic pain, to inform both the design for a larger randomized pragmatic effectiveness trial as well as implementation strategies across underserved settings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04296344

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

94

Starts

2019-01-08

Expected to finish

2020-11-11

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-03

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients 21 years of age or older
• Chronic pain (three months or more in duration) due to a qualifying diagnosis of back pain, neck pain, and/or osteoarthritis.
• Eligible patients must be receiving primary care at a participating IFH or Montefiore Medical Group site
• Participants must understand and be able to provide consent in English or Spanish
• Reliable contact phone numbers must be available to facilitate scheduling,
• Availability for up to 10 weekly consecutive treatments and
• Availability for follow-up data collection at 24 weeks

You may not qualify if…

• Receipt of acupuncture treatment or yoga instruction/therapy in the 6 months prior to recruitment
• Pregnancy
• Severe psychiatric problems as assessed by the study team (e.g., chronic interpersonal problems, cognitive impairment or active psychosis that is uncontrolled by medication that precludes the ability to provide informed consent or complete the survey instruments)

Where it is running

• The Institute For Family Health — New York, New York, United States
• Montefiore Family Health Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Williamsbridge Family Practice Center — The Bronx, New York, United States

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