The Effect of Yoga Practice on Chronic Back Pain

Part of paid clinical trials in New York, New York.

Sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Study ID
NCT04270617
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Chronic Back Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Yoga program — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention will be a 6-week ashtanga yoga program designed by world-renowned yogi Eddie Stern. Eddie Stern is an internationally known Ashtanga yoga teacher, in independent practice not affiliated with NYULH, who has done significant work exploring the physiology and science of yoga. He is not currently engaged in his own research. The yoga protocol for chronic back pain was designed with poses specific to addressing core strength but are gentle enough for patients in pain. The protocol is designed to be directed by a teacher initially but can be done at home and is only 18 minutes in duration.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Dec 1, 2019
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2028
Completion
Jan 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • No Intervention: Control arm
    The control arm will involve usual care - 6 weeks of physical therapy, NSAIDs, and epidural steroid injections
  • Experimental: Yoga Arm
    The study arm will involve a yoga protocol devised by Eddie Stern - a renowned Ashtanga yoga practitioner, and can include NSAIDs.

Primary Outcome Measure

Changes in VAS(visual analog scale) [ Time Frame: Enrollment visit, 6 months after enrollment visit ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
NYULangoneNew YorkNew York10003
Erich Anderer
[email protected]
(718) 630-6580

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