Status:
COMPLETED
Qigong and Exercise Therapy for Low Back Pain in Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of qigong for the treatment of low back pain compared to a stabilizing exercise therapy.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- clinical diagnosis of chronic low back pain since at least 3 months and complaints for a maximum duration of 5 years
- low back pain more prominent than other pain in the spine
- average pain intensity of the last 7 days more or equal to 40 mm measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS 0 - 100 mm)
- intellectual and physical ability to participate in the study
- informed consent
Exclusion
- low back pain related to malignancy
- low back pain due to an accident
- inflammatory joint disorders
- previous spine surgery
- protrusion/prolapse of a spinal disk, spondylolisthesis, with radicular symptomatology
- actually doing or planning to do other regular physical exercise during the study with possible positive effects on low back pain - such as swimming, yoga, pilates, tai chi, etc.
- planning to do another therapy during the study with possible positive effects in low back pain, such as physiotherapy, acupuncture, massage, spinal manipulation etc.
- use of pain drugs for other diseases (\> 1x/week)
- pregnancy
- severe chronic or acute disease interfering with therapy attendance
- alcohol or substance abuse
- participation in another clinical trial in the last 6 months before study entry
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
127 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00993980
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
January 1 2011
Last Update
July 10 2012
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Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center
Berlin, Germany, 10117