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

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031288

Entities

People

  • Peter Bayley
  • Rachael Cho

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Data Centers
  • Disease Attributes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Neurologic Manifestations
  • Pain
  • Pain Management
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Personnel Management
  • Signs And Symptoms
  • Social Media
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

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