Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy Related Back Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy Related
• Interventions: Behavioral: yoga; Behavioral: support group

• Registration Number: NCT03651232
• Lead Sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Brief Summary

This is a pilot feasibility study investigating prenatal yoga for pregnancy related back pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04-21
• Primary Completion: 2016-06-30
• Study Completion: 2016-06-30
• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-09
• Status Verified: 2018-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-08-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-08-27
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-08-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• uncomplicated pregnancies starting at 12-26 weeks of gestation
• pregnant women with and without back pain who had no regular yoga practice.

Exclusion Criteria

• significant back pathology
• pregnancy complications
• non-English speaking
• otherwise were not able to participate (eg. transportation, scheduling issues)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
yoga	yoga	weekly prenatal yoga group class
support	support group	weekly group support class

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
feasibility of recruitment	baseline	recruitment rate

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
back pain disability	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (range 0-24), lower better
back pain severity	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Back Pain Severity Visual Analogue Scale (rage 0-10), lower better
pregnancy symptoms	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Pregnancy Symptom Inventory (range 0-123), lower better
depression	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (range 0-30), lower better
quality of lfe	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Short Form-12 (range 12-56), higher better
childbirth experience	postpartum visit	Childbirth Experience (range 19-76), higher better
mobility lab- speed	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	instrumented gait speed
acceptability	4,8, 12 weeks, postpartum	class attendance
mobility lab- double support	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	double support time
mobility lab- TUG	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	timed up and go time
mobility lab- turn	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	turn time

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States