1. Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain
Wieland et al (2017)
This document is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International License: That means this document can be used and shared as long as IWH is credited as the source, the contents are not modified, and the contents are used for non-commercial purposes. If you wish to modify and/or use the contents for commercial purposes, please contact

2. Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain
Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain Wieland et al (2017)
Overview of the study
Objectives:
To assess the effects of yoga for treating chronic non-specific low back pain
Methods:
Evidence current up to 29 March 2016
Participants: Adults with chronic non-specific LBP
Intervention: Yoga
Outcomes:
Primary: Function and pain
Secondary: Quality of life, clinical improvement, disability and adverse events

3. 12 trials (1080 participants) Results & Conclusions
Yoga treatment for chronic non-specific low back pain Wieland et al (2017)
12 trials (1080 participants)
Results & Conclusions
Intervention versus comparator
Evidence
Quality of evidence
Yoga versus non-exercise controls
Better functional improvement at 3 and 6 months but not at 12 months
Low - Moderate
Better for pain relief at 3, 6 and 12 months
Very low - Moderate
Yoga versus other exercise
More effective for pain relief but little or no difference for function at 3 and 6 months
Very low
Yoga added to exercise compared to exercise alone
No differences for pain and function
Adverse events: Some studies reported increasing LBP in yoga group. People practicing yoga had a greater risk of adverse events than people in the non-exercise groups
When compared to control non-exercise groups, low to moderate evidence supports yoga for improving function and decreasing pain, but when compared to other exercise control group, its efficacy is unclear