Yoga and Qigong for Elderly Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

— YQ-LBP  

Official title:

Yoga and Qigong for Elderly Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01303588
• Other study ID #: YQ-LBP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: February 24, 2011
• Last updated: January 18, 2013
• Start date: May 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2012

Study information

• Verified date: January 2013
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Charité University Berlin
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether yoga or qigong therapy is effective in treating low back pain in elderly patients compared to no therapy (waiting list control). The secondary aim is to compare yoga and qigong.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 176
• Est. completion date: December 2012
• Est. primary completion date: May 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women = 65 years of age

• Chronic low back pain since 6 months at least

• Functional Rating Index (FRI) = 2 last 7 days

• Informed consent form signed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Disc prolapse with acute neurological symptoms

• Previous spinal operations

• Severe organic or psychiatric disease conditions, not allowing to participate in the trial

• Use of opioids

• Drug- and alcohol-addiction

• Participation in another clinical trial within the last 6 months

• Participation in yoga or qigong training within the last 12 months

• Planned physical therapy within study duration

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Yoga
24 group training sessions Yoga, 2 training sessions per week, 45 min duration , over 3 months
• Qigong
12 group training sessions Qigong, 1 training per week, 90 min duration , over 3 months

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Charité University Berlin, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Economics	Berlin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Functional rating Index (FRI)		3 months	No
Secondary	Functional Rating Index		6 months	No
Secondary	Visual Analogue Scale		3, 6 months	No
Secondary	FFb-HR		3, 6 months	No
Secondary	Pain medication		6 months	No
Secondary	Falls		6 months	Yes
Secondary	Tinetti Test		3, 6 months	Yes
Secondary	SF 36		3, 6 months	No
Secondary	Geriatric Depression Scale		3, 6 months	No
Secondary	Adverse events		6 months	Yes

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