Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain – A Randomized Noninferiority Trial

Evidence Ranking: Promising

Source: Robert Saper, MD, MPH et al.

This 2017 study at Boston Medical Center enrolled 320 patients with chronic low back pain and offered them either a manualized yoga program, physical therapy, or patient education on pain management. As a relatively new treatment for low back pain, the study was designed to show whether yoga was as effective as an established treatment, physical therapy. The authors concluded that a manualized yoga program was noninferior to physical therapy as a treatment for chronic low back pain.

Funding Source: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and National Institutes of Health

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Yoga, Physical Therapy, or Education for Chronic Low Back Pain - A Randomized Noninferiority Trial

Report on a study to test whether yoga is an effective intervention for chronic low back pain compared to physical therapy treatments