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The Effect of Yoga Practice on Chronic Back Pain

A Prospective, Randomized-controlled Study to Evaluate the Effect of a Standardized Yoga Practice on Chronic Back Pain

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Willingness to and ability to participate in study procedures
* Chronic back pain (pain above the gluteal cleft of at least 3 months duration)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Indication for surgery (i.e., fracture, infection, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis)
* Cardiac, pulmonary or other medical comorbidities that preclude participation in yoga practice

About the study

Chronic low back pain is notoriously difficult to treat and is a primary contributor to lost work days and excessive health expenditures, and whose treatment has, in part, contributed to the opioid crisis. Surgery is only an option in a minority of these patients, usually confined to those with structural instability. Yoga is an ancient modality whose benefits are currently being studied.

What is being tested

• Yoga program (behavioral)

Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Participants: 200 · Started: Dec 1, 2019

Contact the study team

• Erich Anderer, MD · Phone: (718) 630-6580

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04270617

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.