Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2019
A pilot study assessing acceptability and feasibility of hatha yoga for chronic pain in people receiving opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder.
Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Yoga for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Integrating an exercise program into opioid agonist therapy: a pilot study on feasibility, fitness improvements, and participation challenges.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Pharmacological and behavioral pain treatment strategies for patients with opioid use disorder.Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy · 2025Review
- Recent advances in the treatment of chronic pain and substance use disorders.Current opinion in psychology · 2025Review
- Yoga and Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Onsite in an Opioid Treatment Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Substance use & addiction journal · 2025Article
- Association of Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis with Management of Acute Low Back Pain: A Medicare Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- A qualitative study of experiences with physical activity among people receiving opioid agonist therapy.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- The association between exercise and prescription opioid misuse: A scoping review.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Association of Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis With Use of Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Care Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients: A Group-Based Trajectory Analysis.The journal of pain · 2024Article
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- Effects of a Two-Month Exercise Training Program on Concurrent Non-Opiate Substance Use in Opioid-Dependent Patients during Substitution Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of intervention components to maximize yoga practice among people with chronic pain taking opioid agonist therapy: A factorial experiment using the multiphase optimization strategy framework.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Opioid use disorder and role of yoga as an adjunct in management (OUDARYAM): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Wellcome open research · 2024Article
- Asynchronous Technologies in Mental Health Care and Education.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2023Review
- The Role of Physical Exercise in Opioid Substitution Therapy: Mechanisms of Sequential Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Assessing the Acceptability of Yoga Among Patients with and without Chronic Pain Enrolled in a Licensed Opioid Treatment Program.International journal of yoga therapy · 2022Article
- The Role of Physical Activity in Opioid Substitution Therapy: A Systematic Review of Interventional and Observational Studies.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Review
- A Research Agenda for Advancing Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety: Findings from a VHA State of the Art Conference.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
- Community-Based Yoga for Women Undergoing Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Descriptive Study.International journal of yogaArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The purpose of this project was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a hatha yoga program designed to target chronic pain in people receiving opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder. We conducted a pilot randomized trial in which people with chronic pain who were receiving either methadone maintenance therapy (n = 20) or buprenorphine (n = 20) were randomly assigned to weekly hatha yoga or health education (HE) classes for 3 months. We demonstrated feasibility in many domains, including recruitment of participants (58% female, mean age 43), retention for follow-up assessments, and ability of teachers to provide interventions with high fidelity to the manuals. Fifty percent of participants in yoga (95% CI: 0.28-0.72) and 65% of participants in HE (95% CI: 0.44-0.87) attended at least 6 of 12 possible classes (p = 0.62). Sixty-one percent in the yoga group reported practicing yoga at home, with a mean number of times practicing per week of 2.67 (SD = 2.37). Participant mood improved pre-class to post-class, with greater decreases in anxiety and pain for those in the yoga group (p < 0.05). In conclusion, yoga can be delivered on-site at opioid agonist treatment programs with home practice taken up by the majority of participants. Future research may explore ways of increasing the yoga "dosage" received. This may involve testing strategies for increasing either class attendance or the amount of home practice or both.
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