NCT03100721

Pain Neuroscience Education in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Completed NA Last updated 4 June 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing PNE+Physiotherapy in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in 100 participants. Completed in 22 January 2020.

Timeline

4 April 2018

Primary endpoint
22 January 2020

22 January 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Malaga
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	100
Start date	4 April 2018
Primary completion	22 January 2020
Estimated completion	22 January 2020
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• PNE+Physiotherapy
• Physiotherapy — full drug profile →

Conditions studied

• Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain — all drugs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain →

Sponsor

University of Malaga

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is highly prevalent, disabling and with high socio-economic costs, with many negative effects on quality of life. CMP affects the ability to perform work, social, recreational and domestic tasks by changing the mood and concentration of this population that suffers.

In a study carried out in 2010, 17% of the Spanish population had experienced pain in the last month and according to the severity of symptoms 12% felt severe , 64% moderate and 24% mild pain. In this same study it is specified that 61% was due to back pain, 29% due to neck pain and 23% due to shoulder pain.

Pain neuroscience education (PNE) has been shown as an effective treatment strategy in increasing knowledge and understanding of neurobiology, neurophysiology and pain processing, modifying beliefs about it, improving patient skills and encouraging to the accomplishment of physical and social activities in different chronic pathologies.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Pain Neuroscience Education Plus Usual Care Is More Effective Than Usual Care Alone to Improve Self-Efficacy Beliefs in People with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Rondon-Ramos A, Martinez-Calderon J, Diaz-Cerrillo JL, Rivas-Ruiz F, et al · · 2020 · cited 21× · PMID 32664552 · DOI 10.3390/jcm9072195