Yoga and Qigong for Elderly Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain (YQ-LBP)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga; Behavioral: Qigong

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01303588

YQ-LBP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether yoga or qigong therapy is effective in treating low back pain in elderly patients compared to no therapy (waiting list control). The secondary aim is to compare yoga and qigong.

Enrollment: 176 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women ≥ 65 years of age
• Chronic low back pain since 6 months at least
• Functional Rating Index (FRI) ≥ 2 last 7 days
• Informed consent form signed

Exclusion criteria

• Disc prolapse with acute neurological symptoms
• Previous spinal operations
• Severe organic or psychiatric disease conditions, not allowing to participate in the trial
• Use of opioids
• Drug- and alcohol-addiction
• Participation in another clinical trial within the last 6 months
• Participation in yoga or qigong training within the last 12 months
• Planned physical therapy within study duration

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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176 participants in 3 patient groups

Waiting Group

No Intervention group

Qigong

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Qigong

Yoga

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga