Participate in a UCSF Low Back Pain Study

San Francisco CA

Description

UCSF Researchers Seek Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain for a Mindfulness Study Do you have chronic low back pain? Want to try out mindfulness? Participate in a study using a mindfulness intervention that may help you better cope with your pain! The first 20 participants will have their brain imaged (MRI). Study participants will: - Participate in an interactive internet-based 8-week program on Zoom - Participate in weekly 2 ½ hour long Zoom classes and a 6-hour Zoom retreat - Participate in 2 in-person visits, where you will have a ~1 hour brain MRI at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (the first 20 participants). - Practice at home for 30 minutes every day. - Complete online questionnaires twice during the 8-week period and at 6 months. - Possibly be interviewed after the study (1-2 hours over Zoom). - Be compensated for your time. Participants must: - Have chronic low back pain. - Have internet access. - Be 18+ years old. Visit https://osher.ucsf.edu/mbpr, email or call to see if you may qualify. Principal Investigator: Wolf Mehling, MD, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine