The Effect of Yoga Practice on Chronic Back Pain
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Chronic Back Pain
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 200 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health · Other
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About This Trial
Chronic low back pain is notoriously difficult to treat and is a primary contributor to lost work days and excessive health expenditures, and whose treatment has, in part, contributed to the opioid crisis. Surgery is only an option in a minority of these patients, usually confined to those with structural instability. Yoga is an ancient modality whose benefits are currently being studied.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Willingness to and ability to participate in study procedures
* Chronic back pain (pain above the gluteal cleft of at least 3 months duration)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Indication for surgery (i.e., fracture, infection, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis)
* Cardiac, pulmonary or other…
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