An Evaluation of Yoga Therapy for Cervical Spondylosis

Effectiveness of Yoga Therapy for Neck Pain Relief in Patients With Cervical Spondylosis

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04113473

Enrollment

Registered

2019-10-02

Start date

2018-12-11

Completion date

2019-08-30

Last updated

2019-10-02

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Conditions

Cervical Spondylosis, Neck Pain

Brief summary

Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition, commonly affecting \>40-year-old adults worldwide. Cervical spondylosis is an important cause of neck pain and low back pain, and seriously affects the physical health, mental health, patients quality of life. Yoga has been most commonly used intervention for pain conditions. But its efficacy in cervical spondylosis has not yet been studied in clinical trials. The primary aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of yoga chikitsa (therapy) compared with control intervention for neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis.

Interventions

OTHERYoga Therapy

An hour of yoga therapy included loosening exercise (sukshma vyayama), yoga postures (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), relaxation (shavasana) and meditation. Each participant were given handouts to follow home practice sessions everyday for twice a day for at least 15 minutes.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Neck pain of CS as per diagnostic criteria of International Classification of Diseases * CS supported by a physical examination, and cervical radiographic examination * History of neck pain longer than 3 months * willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* History of neck trauma, fracture or surgery, * Systematic disease of the neck or spine including bones and joints conditions, * Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Neck pain	Change from baseline to 12 weeks	ain intensity was measured by a 10-cm VAS scale, with 0 = no Pain and 10 = the worst imaginable pain

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Disability	Change from baseline to 12 weeks	Neck disability was measured using neck disability index (NDI) score
Health related Quality of Life	change from baseline to 12 weeks	Short Form-36 assessed the Quality of life

Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

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