Accession Number:

AD1031288

Title:

A Multimodal Evaluation of the Comparative Efficacy of Yoga versus a Patient Centered Support Group for Treating Chronic Pain in Gulf War Illness

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,29 Sep 2015,28 Sep 2016

Corporate Author:

Palo Alto Veterens Institute for Research Palo Alto United States

Personal Author(s):

• Bayley,Peter
• Cho,Rachael

Report Date:

2016-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

The primary objective is to investigate yoga for the treatment of chronic pain in veterans with Gulf War Illness GWI. A secondaryobjective is to provide veterans with skills in yoga breathing, postures, and meditation that can be used to promote health and wellbeing.One hundred 100 patients with GWI will be recruited and assigned with equal probability to one of two treatmentgroups yoga treatment group or a pain management control group. During this reporting period, 26 veterans enrolled into thestudy, for a total of 51 veterans enrolled the fifth study cohort of yoga and pain management control classes is currently inprogress.

Descriptors:

• pain
• traumatic stress disorder
• therapeutics
• health care
• pain management
• nervous system
• patients
• nervous system diseases
• signs and symptoms
• veterans(military personnel)
• veterans health
• health services

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE