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Trial reportComplementary therapies in medicine2012

A comprehensive yoga programs improves pain, anxiety and depression in chronic low back pain patients more than exercise: an RCT.

P Tekur, R Nagarathna, S Chametcha, Alex Hankey, H R Nagendra

Registry-linked trialAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Complementary therapies in medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02146482 (Evaluating Change in Back Pain From Access to a Sit-stand Workstation), which is not on this map. Cited by 65 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 20 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02146482 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2013, after this paper: background citation

Evaluating Change in Back Pain From Access to a Sit-stand Workstation

TypeinterventionalSponsorStanford UniversityRan2013 to 2014Enrolled57ConditionsLow Back Pain, Back PainArmsSit-stand computer workstation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 187 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Exercise training and depression and anxiety in musculoskeletal pain patients: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2023
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  13. Yoga for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  15. Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  19. Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

P TekurDivision of Yoga & Life Sciences, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation (SVYASA), Bengaluru, India. ptekur@gmail.com
R Nagarathna
S Chametcha
Alex Hankey
H R Nagendra
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPreviously, outpatient Yoga programs for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) lasting several months have been found to reduce pain, analgesic requirement and disability, and improve spinal mobility. This study evaluated changes in pain, anxiety, depression and spinal mobility for CLBP patients on short-term, residential Yoga and physical exercise programs, including comprehensive yoga lifestyle modifications.

methodsA seven day randomized control single blind active study in an residential Holistic Health Centre in Bangalore, India, assigned 80 patients (37 female, 43 male) with CLBP to yoga and physical exercise groups. The Yoga program consisted of specific asanas and pranayamas for back pain, meditation, yogic counselling, and lectures on yoga philosophy. The control group program included physical therapy exercises for back pain, and matching counselling and education sessions.

resultsGroup×time interactions (p<0.05) and between group differences (p<0.05) were significant in all variables. Both groups' scores on the numerical rating scale for pain reduced significantly, 49% in Yoga (p<0.001, ES=1.62), 17.5% in controls (p=0.005, ES=0.67). State anxiety (STAI) reduced 20.4% (p<0.001, ES=0.72) and trait anxiety 16% (p<0.001, ES=1.09) in the yoga group. Depression (BDI) decreased in both groups, 47% in yoga (p<0.001, ES=0.96,) and 19.9% in controls (p<0.001, ES=0.59). Spinal mobility ('Sit and Reach' instrument) improved in both groups, 50%, in yoga (p<0.001, ES=2.99) and 34.6% in controls (p<0.001, ES=0.81).

conclusionSeven days intensive residential Yoga program reduces pain, anxiety, and depression, and improves spinal mobility in patients with CLBP more effectively than physiotherapy exercises.

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ExerciseExercise TherapyMeditationYogaAdultAnxietyChronic DiseaseCounselingDepressionFemaleHumansLife StyleLow Back PainMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as Topic

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