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Chronic Pain Canada

Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations

CompletedNot applicableNCT01343927
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

A randomized controlled trial for chronic low back pain in predominantly minority populations with three treatment arms: yoga, physical therapy, and education. Four cohorts of participants will be randomized in a 2:2:1 ratio (yoga:physical therapy:education). Primary outcomes are pain intensity and measure of disability; secondary outcomes are pain medication use, treatment adherence, and health-related quality of life.

Study details

Official title
Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations (Back to Health)
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsor
Boston Medical Center
Collaborators
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Start date
2012-06
Primary completion
2014-02
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
true
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
United States
Total sites listed
8

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Current non-specific low back pain persisting for at least 12 weeks * 18-64 years old * Mean low back pain intensity for the previous week of 4 or greater on a 0 to 10 numerical rating scale (0=no pain to 10=worst possible pain) * English fluency sufficient to follow treatment instructions and answer survey questions. Exclusion Criteria: * New CLBP treatments started within the previous month or anticipated to begin in the next 3 months * Known pregnancy * Inability to understand English at a level necessary to understand treatment instructions and survey questions * Previous back surgery or back fracture * Specific CLBP pathologies (including spinal canal stenosis, severe scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, ankylosing spondylitis, large herniated disk) * Severe or progressive neurological deficits * Sciatica pain equal to or greater than back pain * Active or recent cervical radiculopathy * Active or planned worker's compensation, disability, or personal injury claims * Lack of consent * Significant participation in yoga or physical therapy in the last six months * Has read The Back Pain Helpbook or the Back Book in the previous six months * The principal investigator judges the participant to be unable to participate in the study due to serious medical and/or psychiatric comorbidities * Has previously participated in the Yoga Dosing Study or the Physical Therapy Pilot * Plans to move out of the Boston area in the next year

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01343927