BACKGROUND: Previous trials of yoga therapy for nonspecific @entity1643 (nsLBP) (without sciatica) showed beneficial effects. OBJECTIVE: To test effects of yoga therapy on @entity158 and disability associated with lumbar disc extrusions and bulges. METHODS: Parallel-group, randomised, controlled trial. Sixty-one adults from rural population, aged 20-45, with nsLBP or sciatica, and disc extrusions or bulges. Randomised to yoga (n=30) and control (n=31). Yoga: 3-month yoga course of group classes and home practice, designed to ensure safety for disc extrusions. Control: normal medical care. OUTCOME MEASURES (3-4 months) Primary: @entity717 ( @entity717 ); worst @entity158 in past two weeks. Secondary: Aberdeen Low Back @entity158 Scale; straight leg raise test; structural changes. RESULTS: Disc projections per case ranged from one bulge or one extrusion to three bulges plus two extrusions. Sixty-two percent had sciatica. Intention-to-treat analysis of the @entity717 data, adjusted for age, sex and baseline @entity717 scores, gave a Yoga Group score 3.29 points lower than Control Group (0.98, 5.61; p=0.006) at 3 months. No other significant differences in the endpoints occurred. No adverse effects of yoga were reported. CONCLUSIONS: Yoga therapy can be safe and beneficial for @entity1 with nsLBP or sciatica, accompanied by disc extrusions and bulges.

Disc extrusions and bulges in nonspecific XXXX and sciatica: Exploratory randomised controlled trial comparing yoga therapy and normal medical treatment.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity717 :: ('MESH:D009069', 'Disease') :: ['RMDQ', 'Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire'] @entity1643 :: ('MESH:D017116', 'Disease') :: ['low back pain'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain']
@entity1643 :: (MESH:D017116,Disease) :: ['low back pain']
