Meditation and Exercise to Treat Chronic Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03324659
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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)
This study evaluates the analgesic effect of a combination treatment of exercise and mindfulness based meditation in patients with chronic back pain. Half of the participants will partake in a 4-week exercise and meditation intervention, while the other half will receive a placebo treatment. The investigators hypothesize that a combination treatment reduces disability and pain more than the control intervention.
Study details
- Official title
- Combined Meditation and Exercise as a Treatment for Patients With Chronic Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Exercise and Meditation
- Behavioral: Control
- Sponsor
- Duquesne University
- Collaborators
- University of Pittsburgh
- Start date
- 2018-01-26
- Primary completion
- 2019-03-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 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: 1. Presence of clinically diagnosed nonspecific low back pain for at least 6 months 2. Body mass index within the normal to overweight range (18.5-29.9) 3. Resting heart rate 60 to 100 beats per minute 4. Resting blood pressure less than or equal to 140/90 5. Able to independently ambulate community distances without external support (e.g., walker, cane) Exclusion Criteria: 6. Age less than 18 or greater than 60 years 7. BMI ≥ 30 or ≤ 18.4 8. Cardiovascular or respiratory disease 9. Neurological disease, unrelated to low back pain 10. Radicular low back pain 11. Back pain associated with neuropathy 12. Diabetes mellitus, Types 1 and 2 13. Diagnosed with a chronic pain condition, unrelated to low back pain 14. Acute pain 15. Regular participation in high intensity athletic/sporting activities 16. Sedentary lifestyle 17. Currently pregnant 18. Current cigarette smoker 19. On-going litigation associated with back pain 20. Inability to walk independently without external support (e.g. walker). 21. Regular participation in meditation techniques or training in Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03324659