Overcoming Pain Through Yoga in the Military
CompletedNot applicableNCT03504085
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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)
Our primary aim is to assess the feasibility of conducting yoga research among active-duty military personnel with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) and/or Chronic Neck Pain (CNP). In addition, we will evaluate the yoga intervention preferences and refine an existing yoga intervention to address those needs. The study will prepare us for a R01 funded pragmatic clinical trial of yoga for CLBP and CNP in active-duty military.
Study details
- Official title
- Mind/Body Interventions for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain in Military Personnel
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Yoga: Active Hatha
- Other: Yoga: Restorative
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
- Collaborators
- United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego; National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- Start date
- 2018-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2020-05-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of CLBP or CNP \> 6 months * Willing to attend a yoga program for 12 weeks * Willing to complete 3 assessments * English literacy * Have had no changes in pain treatments in the past month * Willing to not change pain treatments during study unless medically necessary * Have not practiced yoga more than 2x in the last 12 months Exclusion Criteria: * Back or neck surgery within the last year * Back or neck pain due to specific systemic problem (e.g., lupus, scoliosis) * Severe vertebral disk problems, * Persistent sciatica or nerve compression \> 3 months * Coexisting chronic pain problem (e.g., migraine headaches, fibromyalgia) * Serious or unstable psychiatric illness (e.g., psychosis, mania, episode, or substance dependence) * Major coexisting medical illness (e.g., cancer, COPD, morbid obesity) * Positive Romberg test (with or without sensory neuropathy)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03504085