The Effect of Yoga and Stabilization Exercise in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03676062

GO15/81

Details and patient eligibility

About

Identification of the effects of yoga, stabilization exercise and home exercise approaches on pain, function,stress and quality of life in individuals with low back pain.

Full description

44 patients participating in the study were divided three groups. The patients in the stabilization exercise group were instructed to perform hotpack, Trans-cutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and spinal stabilization exercises, the patients in the yoga group were instructed to perform yoga program consisting of breathing, relaxation and flexibility exercises. The patients in the home exercise group were instructed to perform stabilization exercise. The severity of the pain evaluated through visual analog scale, functional status and quality of life evaluated through Oswestry Disability Index(ODI), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), respectively. Assessments were repeated before and after the treatment.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be pain at least 3 months
• Must be visual analog scale rating 3 or more

Exclusion criteria

• History of any lumbar spine surgery
• Severe/progressive scoliosis
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Metabolic syndrome
• History of exercise programs or yoga at least 12 weeks before the onset of study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 3 patient groups

stabilization exercise group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Spinal stabilization exercise were applied all patients additional with hotpack, TENS application in this group accompanied by physiotherapist.

Treatment:

Other: exercise

yoga group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Yoga program were applied all patients in this group accompanied by physiotherapist. Sessions included selected breathing exercises, warm up, asana and relaxation.

Treatment:

Other: exercise

home exercise group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Home exercise were applied all patients in this group supervised, controlled by physiotherapist every week.To make compliance easier for patients; a booklet including suggestions to prevent low back pain and description of exercises, were given. Prescribed exercises were selected in this booklet and checked&progressed in each control sessions.

Treatment:

Other: exercise