YOGA THERAPY FOR LOWER BACK PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIA
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients having lower back pain were recruited
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/11/003094
- Lead Sponsor
- Patanjali Research Foundation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 126
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age 20-45 years
2. Rolland Morris Questionnaire score >3 and/or acute sciatica in past three months
3. Presence of at least one disc herniation or bulge
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous spinal surgery
2. Central canal stenosis
3. Severe osteoporosis
4. Pregnancy
5. Other disorders preventing active participation in therapy programme
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Health status measurement for low back pain (using Rolland Morris Disability recorded at questionnaire - RMDQ), 2. Physical examination of leg and back and 3. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for lumbosacral spine (using Philips Magnetic Resonance Achieva 1.5T A-Series),Timepoint: Beginning and end of 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Heart rate variability (HRV) and abdominal respiration (using a two channel EKG and respiration recording system; MP45 Biopac Student Lab, BIOPAC System Inc, U.S.A.), 2. Spinal flexibility (using Sit and Reach flexibility tester, model 01285A, Lafayette Instrument), 3. Level of state anxiety (using Spielbergers State Trait Anxiety - STAI) and 4. Level of back pain and mental stress (using analog scales)Timepoint: Before and after 3 months