Mindful Walking in Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01893073
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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)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a mindful walking program is effective in the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of a a Mindful Walking Program in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain - a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mindful walking program
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
- Start date
- 2013-06
- Primary completion
- 2014-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * male and female, 18-65 years * chronic low back pain (disease duration \> 3 months) * pain intensity on visual analogue scale at inclusion \> 40 mm (0-100 mm scale) * only pharmacological treatment with NSAID or no treatment in the last 4 weeks * undersigned informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * active walking or jogging in the last 6 weeks (\< 60 minutes/week) * regular meditation, relaxation exercise, mindfulness exercise in last 6 weeks (\> 30 minutes per week) * use of complementary medicine therapies as acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine in last 6 weeks or planned in the next 12 weeks * use of other nonpharmacological therapies as physical therapy, manual therapy or osteopathy in the last 4 weeks * participation in another trials within the last 3 months * pathological neurological symptoms such as muscular paralysis or paraesthesia due to spinal disc herniation or other causes * risk of falls and inability to walk * angina pectoris in the last 3 months * chronic respiratory disease with respiratory insufficiency * intake of central nervous system-acting analgesics in the last 6 weeks * Known renal and / or hepatic diseases * Severe organic, psychological or psychiatric disorders that are not permitting a study participation * applying for early retirement due to low back pain * no undersigned informed consent form
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01893073