An Evaluation of Yoga Therapy for Cervical Spondylosis

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Yoga Therapy for Neck Pain Relief in Patients With Cervical Spondylosis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04113473
• Other study ID #: NMP/62548
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 11, 2018
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: October 2019
• Source: NMP Medical Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition, commonly affecting >40-year-old adults worldwide. Cervical spondylosis is an important cause of neck pain and low back pain, and seriously affects the physical health, mental health, patients quality of life. Yoga has been most commonly used intervention for pain conditions. But its efficacy in cervical spondylosis has not yet been studied in clinical trials. The primary aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of yoga chikitsa (therapy) compared with control intervention for neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 62
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 12, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Neck pain of CS as per diagnostic criteria of International Classification of Diseases

• CS supported by a physical examination, and cervical radiographic examination

• History of neck pain longer than 3 months

• willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of neck trauma, fracture or surgery,

• Systematic disease of the neck or spine including bones and joints conditions,

• Pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cervical Spondylosis
• Neck Pain
• Spondylosis

Intervention

Other:
• Yoga Therapy
An hour of yoga therapy included loosening exercise (sukshma vyayama), yoga postures (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), relaxation (shavasana) and meditation. Each participant were given handouts to follow home practice sessions everyday for twice a day for at least 15 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	Pain Clinic, NMP Medical Research Institute	Jaipur	Rajasthan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NMP Medical Research Institute	Yog-Kulam, UK

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neck pain	ain intensity was measured by a 10-cm VAS scale, with 0 = "no Pain" and 10 = "the worst imaginable pain	Change from baseline to 12 weeks
Secondary	Disability	Neck disability was measured using neck disability index (NDI) score	Change from baseline to 12 weeks
Secondary	Health related Quality of Life	Short Form-36 assessed the Quality of life	change from baseline to 12 weeks