Restorative Exercise for Strength Training and Operational Resilience
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Lower Back Pain
- Sponsor
- Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management
- Enrollment
- 68
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain Scores
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to learn about the effect of integrative therapies on chronic or recurrent low back pain.
The intervention called RESTORE (Restorative Exercises for Strength Training and Operational Resilience) is based on a series of gentle stretching and strengthening exercises incorporating breath-work and mindfulness. The study is designed to discover the impact of RESTORE on pain levels, physical function, and behavioral health.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients diagnosed with lower back pain with a pain score of 4 or higher on DVPRS for 3 months
- •Male or female
- •Age 18-68\*
- •Able to read and understand English
- •Understands language, and able to report current pain levels and recall events
- •DEERS-Eligible, Military healthcare beneficiary
Exclusion Criteria
- •Provider has advised against mild to moderate exercise
- •Patient unable to sit on the floor for two minutes or unable to stand independently
- •Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Auto Immune disease-related pain, other chronic medical conditions (i.e. advanced diabetic neuropathies) that preclude consent
- •Patients with severe TBI
- •Practiced Yoga within 6 months
- •Pre-surgical candidates for back surgery within 3 months
- •Back surgery within the past year
- •Pregnancy\*\*; females will be asked to self-report
- •Undergoing Medical Evaluation Board to determine discharge
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain Scores
Time Frame: Baseline, Midtreatment, Posttreatment, 3 month follow-up, 6 month follow-up
Participants will choose a pain score using the Defense and Veteran's Pain Rating Scale 2.0 Rate the severity of your CURRENT pain: 0 - No Pain 1. - Hardly notice pain 2. - Notice pain, does not interfere with activities 3. - Sometimes distracts me 4. - Distracts me, can do usual activities 5. - Interrupts some activities 6. - Hard to ignore, avoid usual activities 7. - Focus of attention, prevents doing daily activities 8. - Awful, hard to do anything 9. - Can't bear pain, unable to do anything 10. - As bad as it could be, nothing else matters Higher values represent worse outcomes
Secondary Outcomes
- Disability(Baseline, Midtreatment, Posttreatment, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up)