An Evaluation of Yoga Therapy for Cervical Spondylosis

NCT ID: NCT04113473

Last Updated: 2019-10-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

62 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-11

Study Completion Date

2019-08-30

Brief Summary

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Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition, commonly affecting \>40-year-old adults worldwide. Cervical spondylosis is an important cause of neck pain and low back pain, and seriously affects the physical health, mental health, patients quality of life. Yoga has been most commonly used intervention for pain conditions. But its efficacy in cervical spondylosis has not yet been studied in clinical trials. The primary aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of yoga chikitsa (therapy) compared with control intervention for neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cervical Spondylosis Neck Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Yoga Group

Experimental group received individualised yoga therapy twice a week for an hour for 12-weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga Therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

An hour of yoga therapy included loosening exercise (sukshma vyayama), yoga postures (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), relaxation (shavasana) and meditation.

Each participant were given handouts to follow home practice sessions everyday for twice a day for at least 15 minutes.

Control Group

Control group were given education session and continued on usual care for 12-weeks.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Yoga Therapy

An hour of yoga therapy included loosening exercise (sukshma vyayama), yoga postures (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), relaxation (shavasana) and meditation.

Each participant were given handouts to follow home practice sessions everyday for twice a day for at least 15 minutes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Neck pain of CS as per diagnostic criteria of International Classification of Diseases
* CS supported by a physical examination, and cervical radiographic examination
* History of neck pain longer than 3 months
* willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* History of neck trauma, fracture or surgery,
* Systematic disease of the neck or spine including bones and joints conditions,
* Pregnancy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Yog-Kulam

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

NMP Medical Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Neha Sharma, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yog-Kulam

Shekhar Sharma

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

NMP Medical Research Institute, India

Jaydeep Joshi

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Yog-Kulam

Locations

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Pain Clinic, NMP Medical Research Institute

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Site Status

Countries

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India

Other Identifiers

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NMP/62548

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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