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NCT Number: NCT03651232

Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy Related Back Pain

This is a pilot feasibility study investigating prenatal yoga for pregnancy related back pain.

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Key information

Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Age range

18 year–39 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • uncomplicated pregnancies starting at 12-26 weeks of gestation
  • pregnant women with and without back pain who had no regular yoga practice.

Exclusion criteria

  • significant back pathology
  • pregnancy complications
  • non-English speaking
  • otherwise were not able to participate (eg. transportation, scheduling issues)

Treatment and study plan

Yoga

Behavioral

once weekly group yoga class for 12 weeks

Support group

Behavioral

once weekly group support class for 12 weeks

Primary outcomes

  1. feasibility of recruitment

    Time frame: baseline

    recruitment rate

Secondary outcomes

  1. back pain disability

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (range 0-24), lower better

  2. back pain severity

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    Back Pain Severity Visual Analogue Scale (rage 0-10), lower better

  3. pregnancy symptoms

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    Pregnancy Symptom Inventory (range 0-123), lower better

  4. depression

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (range 0-30), lower better

  5. quality of lfe

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    Short Form-12 (range 12-56), higher better

  6. childbirth experience

    Time frame: postpartum visit

    Childbirth Experience (range 19-76), higher better

  7. mobility lab- speed

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    instrumented gait speed

  8. acceptability

    Time frame: 4,8, 12 weeks, postpartum

    class attendance

  9. mobility lab- double support

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    double support time

  10. mobility lab- TUG

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    timed up and go time

  11. mobility lab- turn

    Time frame: baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks

    turn time

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Aug 29, 2018
Registry last updated
Aug 29, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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