Yoga for Fibromyalgia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00966732 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 27, 2009
Last Update Posted : October 16, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Fibromyalgia | Behavioral: Yoga of Awareness Program | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 68 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Yoga of Awareness Program for Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Clinical Trial |
Study Start Date : | October 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: yoga condition
assigned to start the yoga program right away
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Behavioral: Yoga of Awareness Program
The 8 week yoga program will meet in groups of about 8-10 persons. Each 2-hour session will include gentle stretching, strengthening, and balance poses; meditation exercises; breathing techniques; study of pertinent topics (eg, mind/body stress reactivity), and group discussions (eg, experiences while practicing yoga). Participants will be asked to practice yoga methods at home, guided by a DVD (or audio recordings). The program will be taught by a certified yoga teacher (RYT) who has extensive experience in teaching yoga to medical patients. |
No Intervention: wait-list control condition
This condition will control for any effects of symptom measurement reactivity in patients receiving routine fibromyalgia medical care. After the 3-month assessment, the yoga intervention program will be provided to these patients.
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- Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised (FIQR) [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]
- Vanderbilt Multidimensional Pain Coping Inventory (VMPCI) [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]
- Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ) [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]
- Coping Strategies Questionnaire Catastrophizing Subscale (CSQCAT) [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- women ≥21 years of age
- diagnosed with fibromyalgia by ACR criteria for at least 1 year
- on a stable regimen of pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic treatment for FM ≥3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- reside >70 miles from the research site
- unavailable to attend the intervention at one of the scheduled times
- currently engaged in intensive yoga practice (practice >3 days/wk)
- score >29 on the Beck depression scale modified for fibromyalgia
- currently undergoing disability application or involved in litigation
- elective surgery scheduled during the study period
- physically disabled in a manner that precludes meaningful participation in the intervention (eg, quadriplegic paralysis)
- do not speak English

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00966732
United States, Oregon | |
Oregon Health & Science University | |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239 |
Principal Investigator: | James W Carson, PhD | Oregon Health and Science University |
Responsible Party: | James W Carson, PhD, Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Science University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00966732 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Yoga for Fibromyalgia |
First Posted: | August 27, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 16, 2014 |
Last Verified: | October 2014 |
Fibromyalgia Myofascial Pain Syndromes Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases |
Rheumatic Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Nervous System Diseases |