Effectiveness of Virtual Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common condition with substantial impact on patients, in the form of physical and emotional suffering; health care costs; productivity; and health care professional burden. Although clinical guidelines recommend use of nonpharmacologic treatments first, such as yoga, there is a gap between guidelines and implementation in clinical practice.

Objective

To compare the effects of virtual yoga classes vs a wait-list control on CLBP intensity, back-related function, sleep quality, and pain medication use.

Design, setting, and participants

Single-blinded, 24-week, 2-arm, randomized clinical trial conducted from May 3, 2022, through May 23, 2023, comparing live streamed yoga classes (the yoga now group) with a wait-list control (th

SUBMITTER: Tankha H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature