Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations
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Official title
Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations (Back to Health)
Brief summary
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A randomized controlled trial for chronic low back pain in predominantly minority populations with three treatment arms: yoga, physical therapy, and education. Four cohorts of participants will be randomized in a 2:2:1 ratio (yoga:physical therapy:education). Primary outcomes are pain intensity and measure of disability; secondary outcomes are pain medication use, treatment adherence, and health-related quality of life.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01343927
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 320 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Weekly yoga classes Behavioral
- Individual physical therapy treatment Behavioral
- Education Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 64 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2014
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2014
- Last update posted
- Feb 6, 2019
2012 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 8
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
| South End Community Health Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
| Dimock Health Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02119 | — |
| Dorchester House MultiService Center | Dorchester | Massachusetts | 02112 | — |
| Codman Square Health Center | Dorchester | Massachusetts | 02124 | — |
| Upham's Corner Health Center | Dorchester | Massachusetts | 02125 | — |
| Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center | Roslindale | Massachusetts | 02131 | — |
| South Boston Community Health Center | South Boston | Massachusetts | 02127 | — |
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