Patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy and yoga had 'clinically meaningful improvement'.(Representational Image)
Washington, United States:
Meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy -- not traditional treatments for back pain -- seem to be effective in alleviating for the common condition, researchers said Tuesday.
After 26 weeks, researchers said patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy or mindfulness-based stress reduction and yoga had "clinically meaningful improvement" of functional limitations compared to those with traditional care.
The improvement was measured at 61 per cent for MSBR and yoga, ahead of 58 percent for CBT and 44 percent for traditional care.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), was a clinical trial with 342 adults ages 20-70 who had suffered from lower back pain for an average of seven years.
One third, selected at random, was treated with MBSR and yoga, while another third used cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps patients identify and resolve bad behavioral choices and negative thoughts.
The last third was treated with pain medications.
"These findings suggest that MBSR may be an effective treatment option for patients with chronic low back pain," the authors wrote.
"Although understanding the specificity of treatment effects, mechanisms of action and role of mediators are important issues for researchers, they are merely academic for many clinicians and their patients."
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
After 26 weeks, researchers said patients treated with cognitive behavioral therapy or mindfulness-based stress reduction and yoga had "clinically meaningful improvement" of functional limitations compared to those with traditional care.
The improvement was measured at 61 per cent for MSBR and yoga, ahead of 58 percent for CBT and 44 percent for traditional care.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), was a clinical trial with 342 adults ages 20-70 who had suffered from lower back pain for an average of seven years.
One third, selected at random, was treated with MBSR and yoga, while another third used cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps patients identify and resolve bad behavioral choices and negative thoughts.
The last third was treated with pain medications.
"These findings suggest that MBSR may be an effective treatment option for patients with chronic low back pain," the authors wrote.
"Although understanding the specificity of treatment effects, mechanisms of action and role of mediators are important issues for researchers, they are merely academic for many clinicians and their patients."
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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