Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Susan Holtzman; R Thomas Beggs

doi:10.1155/2013/105919

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Susan Holtzman,
R Thomas Beggs

Affiliations

Susan Holtzman: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus), Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
R Thomas Beggs: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus), Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/105919
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 5
pp. 267 – 272

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of yoga as an intervention for chronic low back pain (CLBP) using a meta-analytical approach. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined pain and/or functional disability as treatment outcomes were included. Post-treatment and follow-up outcomes were assessed.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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