The Effects Of Equal Breathing On Pain Pressure Thresholds (EB-Pain)

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Equal Breathing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03353142

MGD-004-20171016

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recent research has found that there is moderate evidence for the use of breathing exercises for treating chronic, non-specific low back pain. Researchers have found that there were significant improvements in pain and quality of life in those suffering with low back pain who completed a breathing program intervention. Researchers also found that healthy individuals had higher pain thresholds and tolerance following deep and slow breathing exercises.

There are numerous formats of breathing interventions, some interventions that have been used with individuals with chronic, non-specific low back pain include: deep breathing, yoga breathing, resisted inspiration, and breathe holding. There is moderate evidence to suggest the use of these interventions for managing chronic low back pain Another common breathing format is Equal-Ratio Breathing. This format requires an individual to inhale and exhale with the same duration while gradually increasing the duration of both. This breathing format can be easier for patients to perform given the simplicity of the equal inhalation to exhalation ratio.

This research is being done because Equal-Ratio Breathing has yet to be studied in individuals with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged ≥ 18
• Chronic low back pain
• OHIP patient

Exclusion criteria

• Peripheral pain
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Chronic regional pain syndrome
• Alpha and Beta blocker medication use
• Patient does not wish to participate
• Completed or participated in a psychoeducational program at the clinic

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Equal Breathing

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Equal Breathing