Integrated Meditation and Exercise Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Pilot of a Combined Nonpharmacological Intervention Focused on Reducing Disability and Pain in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This pilot trial examined the effects of a combined intervention of mindfulness meditation followed by aerobic walking exercise compared with a control condition in chronic low back pain patients. We hypothesized that meditation before exercise would reduce disability, pain, and anxiety by increasing mindfulness prior to physical activity compared with an audiobook control group.

Participants

Thirty-eight adults completed either meditation and exercise treatment (MedExT) (n=18) or an audiobook control condition (n=20).

Setting

Duquesne University Exercise Physiology Laboratory.

Design

A pilot, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial.

Methods

Over a 4-week period, participants in the MedExT group performed 12-17 minutes of guided meditatio

SUBMITTER: Polaski AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901850 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature