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The 12-week yoga intervention was based on hatha yoga, and consisted of two 60-minute, instructor-led yoga sessions per week. The study is one of the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of yoga for chronic low back pain specifically in Veterans. They also found the treatment dropout rate was lower among Veterans receiving CBT by telephone. Pain Management SOTA—VA State of the Art Conferences bring together VA and non-VA experts to synthesize what we know and what we need to know about topics critical to the health and well-being of Veterans. They reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affect those brain areas controlling emotion, which diminishes the effects of a painful stimulus. Medications that fall within this class include hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, codeine, and others. Behavioral and self-management approaches for pain, including studies of complementary and integrative health approaches, exercise and movement, and psychological and behavioral in...