Yoga vs Stretching in Veterans With Chronic Lower Back Pain: Does Mindfulness Matter?
CompletedNot applicableNCT03432169
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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 demonstrate the feasibility of recruiting, enrolling and collecting outcome data on CLBP patients within the Veterans Affairs Community Based Rochester Outpatient Center who undergo an 8 week active exercise class with mindfulness (yoga) and without mindfulness (stretching class)
Study details
- Official title
- Yoga vs Stretching in Veterans With Chronic Lower Back Pain: Does Mindfulness Matter?
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Yoga (stretching plus mindfulness)
- Other: Stretching
- Sponsor
- Canandaigua VA Medical Center
- Start date
- 2018-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 89 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: * Adult Veterans between the ages of 18-89 * Lower back pain \> 12 weeks * Have the ability to exercise independently. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects will be excluded if * They are currently enrolled in or maintain a home meditation practice * If they are currently involved in a mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy group. * If they have participated in a structured group yoga class in the last three months. * If they have an open workers compensation or no-fault case or have undergone spinal surgery in the past 6 months.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03432169