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To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of delivering 12-week hatha versus restorative yoga interventions to active-duty military personnel with chronic low back or neck pain.

June 16, 2022Global Advances in Health and MedicineOpen Access

Comparing Types of Yoga for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain in Military Personnel: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

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To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of delivering 12-week hatha versus restorative yoga interventions to active-duty military personnel with chronic low back or neck pain.
Randomized controlled feasibility trial (NCT03504085) enrolling 49 active-duty military personnel (59% men) with chronic low back or neck pain.
Participants were randomized to receive in-person sessions of either hatha or restorative yoga 1 to 2 times weekly over 12 weeks.
Primary feasibility metrics included recruitment, attendance, attrition, and satisfaction, with pain, disability, grip strength, and balance assessed at baseline, 12 weeks, and 6 months.
Acceptability was high, with over 90% expressing satisfaction and retention reaching 86% at 12 weeks and 80% at 6 months, though attendance was lower than projected.
Both interventions showed small to moderate qualitative reductions in back pain severity, pain interference, and disability, with larger benefits observed among participants attending at least 50% of classes.
Improvements were observed in quality of life, grip strength, and balance, although participants with chronic neck pain experienced smaller outcome gains.

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Randomized trial reveals high acceptability and reduced disability from hatha and restorative yoga in active-duty military personnel, indicating feasibility for larger comparative effectiveness...

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Groessl et al. (2022) studied this question.

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Randomized trial reveals high acceptability and reduced disability from hatha and restorative yoga in active-duty military personnel, indicating feasibility for larger comparative effectiveness...

Comparing Types of Yoga for Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain in Military Personnel: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

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