The Effect of Yoga Practice on Chronic Back Pain
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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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The purpose of this research study is to determine whether a 6 week standardized yoga practice is superior to usual conservative therapies in the treatment of chronic back pain at 6 months. There is enough data that the most recent ACP guidelines have included yoga as a treatment for chronic back pain, but more data needs to be generated regarding the efficacy of this modality in treating the chronic back pain population.
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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 medical comorbidities that preclude participation in yoga practice
Trial design
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Interventional model
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200 participants in 2 patient groups
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Erich Anderer, MD
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