Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2022
Changes in Pain Self-Efficacy, Coping Skills, and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Yoga, Physical Therapy, and Education for Chronic Low Back Pain.
Trial report in Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01343927 (Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Yoga vs. Physical Therapy vs. Education for Chronic Low Back Pain in Minority Populations (Back to Health)
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The physical and psychological effectiveness of mHealth-based physiotherapy for patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2026Pooled it
- Is yoga more beneficial than exercise-based interventions for patients with chronic low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- How to tackle non-specific low back pain among adult patients? A systematic review with a meta-analysis to compare four interventions.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Low back pain self-management mobile applications: a systematic review on digital platforms.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Pooled it
- Yoga for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Multimodal Active Physiotherapy Versus Multimodal Passive Physiotherapy for Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Dual Outcomes of Physical and Mental Health.Pain research & management · 2025Trial
- The Physical and Psychological Effects of Telerehabilitation-Based Exercise for Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Yoga and meditation for menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors: a qualitative study exploring participants' experiences.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Trial
- Beyond the pain: A qualitative study exploring the physical therapy experience in patients with chronic low back pain.Physiotherapy theory and practice · 2023Trial
- "In Class We Were All One." A Qualitative Exploration of Yoga and Educational Interventions for Predominantly Low-Income and Minority Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2022Trial
- Do Physical Therapy and Yoga Improve Pain and Disability through Psychological Mechanisms? A Causal Mediation Analysis of Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2022Trial
- Letter to the editor regarding: 'Effect of Tai Chi combined with visual-action-sensory rehabilitation therapies on cognitive function in acute ischemic stroke: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial'.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Is therapeutic exercise as a standalone intervention effective in reducing kinesiophobia in adults with nonspecific chronic low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Review
- Cognitive-behavioural treatment for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Factors influencing postoperative pain catastrophizing in patients with lower limb trauma and development of a nomogram prediction model.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Association Between Pain Self-Efficacy and Adherence to Hemodialysis Regimen.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Differences in chronic musculoskeletal pain among male and female Brazilian university professors.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2026Article
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveWe evaluated exercise interventions for cognitive appraisal of chronic low back pain (cLBP) in an underserved population.
methodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of the Back to Health Trial, showing yoga to be noninferior to physical therapy (PT) for pain and function outcomes among adults with cLBP (n = 320) recruited from primary care clinics with predominantly low-income patients. Participants were randomized to 12 weeks of yoga, PT, or education. Cognitive appraisal was assessed with the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ), Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ). Using multiple imputation and linear regression, we estimated within- and between-group changes in cognitive appraisal at 12 and 52 weeks, with baseline and the education group as references.
resultsParticipants (mean age = 46 years) were majority female (64%) and majority Black (57%), and 54% had an annual household income <$30,000. All three groups showed improvements in PSEQ (range 0-60) at 12 weeks (yoga, mean difference [MD] = 7.0, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.9, 9.0; PT, MD = 6.9, 95% CI: 4.7 to 9.1; and education, MD = 3.4, 95% CI: 0.54 to 6.3), with yoga and PT improvements being clinically meaningful. At 12 weeks, improvements in catastrophizing (CSQ, range 0-36) were largest in the yoga and PT groups (MD = -3.0, 95% CI: -4.4 to -1.6; MD = -2.7, 95% CI: -4.2 to -1.2, respectively). Changes in FABQ were small. No statistically significant between-group differences were observed on PSEQ, CSQ, or FABQ at either time point. Many of the changes observed at 12 weeks were sustained at 52 weeks.
conclusionAll three interventions were associated with improvements in self-efficacy and catastrophizing among low-income, racially diverse adults with cLBP.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01343927.
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