Chronic Low Back Pain Randomized Controlled Trial
CompletedPhase 3NCT02286232
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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)
Chronic low back pain is a common condition that can negatively impact quality of life and that lacks highly effective treatment options. The YMCA developed different iterations of a stretching exercise program as a community based treatment for low back pain from 1974-2004. Though anecdotally successful, the YMCA stretching exercise program(s) was not scientifically evaluated for efficacy and became obsolete. The purpose of the study is to test the efficacy of a previously popular YMCA stretching exercise program(s) for back pain. The stretching exercise program that will be studied is a collection of all the resources available for the YMCA stretching exercise program(s). The most recent criteria from a National Institutes of Health sponsored Task Force to study chronic low back pain were applied to this study.
Study details
- Official title
- A Randomized Trial Comparing a Stretching/Exercise Program and Learning About Self-care Practices From a Self-care Book for Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Stretching exercise
- Behavioral: Self-care book
- Sponsor
- Stamford Hospital
- Collaborators
- Wilton Family YMCA; New Canaan Community YMCA
- Start date
- 2014-11
- Primary completion
- 2017-12
- 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
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults from 18 through 64 years old who have had low back pain on at least half the days over the previous 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude persons whose back pain is attributed to systemic or specific disease such as known cancer, spinal infection, fracture, or ankylosing spondylitis. * Patients with complex conditions will not participate in the study (eg, sciatica, medicolegal issues, or a previous back surgery). * We will also exclude persons who do not speak English. * Finally, persons who are unable to attend classes or unwilling to do home practice will be excluded.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02286232