The Effect of Yoga in Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01963871
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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 if yoga is an effective intervention in treating individuals with chronic low back pain (LBP).
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Yoga in Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Yvonne Colgrove, PT, PhD
- Organization
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Start date
- 2013-08
- Primary completion
- 2014-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * a history of chronic LBP with degenerative joint or disc disease \> than 3 months (47-48) * present with at least minimal pain (3 out on a 0 - 10 pain scale where 0 = no pain, 10 = maximum pain imaginable) * disability (30% or more per Oswestry Disability Scale), * score more than 24 on the Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam * English comprehending individuals naïve to structured yoga practice Exclusion Criteria: * known current pregnancy * claustrophobia * glaucoma * significant or chronic decline in immune function such as reported immune related diagnosis like pneumonia or systemic infection * LBP resulting from something other than disc or joint disease * spinal stenosis, spinal fusion or other orthopedic surgery in the past six months * mental disease/psychosis such as dementia * prior history of chronic neurological disorders (e.g. stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis) * fibromyalgia * radiculopathy * standard MRI exclusion criteria * inability to make regular time commitments * no transportation means to the scheduled yoga sessions * experience with regular practice of yoga within the past year.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01963871