TeleYoga for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study
RecruitingNot applicableNCT07216417
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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 (CLBP) is a highly prevalent and debilitating condition, affecting 84% of the population over a lifetime1. CLBP is the leading cause of disability worldwide 2 and is a top condition for health care expenditure in the US3. Emerging evidence indicates that individuals with low back pain have altered neurophysiological processes within the central nervous system leading to high prevalence of anxiety and depression, and poor sleep quality4-7. Standard treatments often focus on the local source of pain; however, for many patients the persistence and severity of pain cannot be explained by peripheral pathology alone. Yoga is a promising mind-body integrative intervention, as it targets the psychological and neurophysiological aspects of pain. The efficacy of yoga practice for reducing pain8,9 and psychological distress10,11 has been shown by many systematic reviews and randomized control trials (RCTs)12-16. Additionally, mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork interventions produce meaningful improvements in pain17,18, anxiety19,20, depression21, and sleep quality22,23. Evidence clearly indicates yoga is an effective intervention for management of chronic LBP9. However, the majority of prior RCTs have included in-person yoga sessions 24-26, which may be a barrier to many people. Recently, virtual delivery of interventions is gaining popularity. A few recent studies reported promising feasibility of tele-yoga in people with various chronic pain conditions e.g. Alzheimer's 27, dementia 28, and knee osteoarthritis 29. Only one recent RCT conducted tele-yoga intervention for people with CLBP and resulted in decreased pain 14, but is limited to quantitative measures only and did not compare yoga against active therapy. No study has assessed participants' perspective of virtual yoga intervention for chronic low back pain, which is important to determine feasibility of tele-yoga for CLBP management. The objectives of this study are two fold: 1) to investiga…
Study details
- Official title
- TeleYoga for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Taylor Rees
- Organization
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Start date
- 2025-10-10
- Primary completion
- 2027-12-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 30 Years to 80 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: * 30-80 year old individuals * Ability to speak, read and write English as needed for study LBP for 3 months with frequency of 2 or more days/week or daily low back pain for the most recent three months * Pain intensity minimum 3 on 0-10 pain scale where 0=no pain and 10=maximum pain imagined * Have internet access and device available for logging into virtual yoga classes * Be able to get on and off the floor Exclusion Criteria: * spine compression, tumor, infection, spine surgery within the last 12 months * neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or other cognitive impairments. * pregnancy * currently performing yoga or has performed yoga on a regular basis within the last 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/NCT07216417