Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy Related Back Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03651232

Enrollment

Registered

2018-08-29

Start date

2015-04-21

Completion date

2016-06-30

Last updated

2018-08-29

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Conditions

Pregnancy Related

Brief summary

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALyoga

once weekly group yoga class for 12 weeks

BEHAVIORALsupport group

once weekly group support class for 12 weeks

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 39 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
feasibility of recruitment	baseline	recruitment rate

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
back pain disability	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (range 0-24), lower better
back pain severity	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Back Pain Severity Visual Analogue Scale (rage 0-10), lower better
pregnancy symptoms	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Pregnancy Symptom Inventory (range 0-123), lower better
quality of lfe	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Short Form-12 (range 12-56), higher better
childbirth experience	postpartum visit	Childbirth Experience (range 19-76), higher better
depression	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (range 0-30), lower better
acceptability	4,8, 12 weeks, postpartum	class attendance
mobility lab- double support	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	double support time
mobility lab- TUG	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	timed up and go time
mobility lab- turn	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	turn time
mobility lab- speed	baseline, 4, 8, 12 weeks	instrumented gait speed

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026