Usefulness of Pain Neuroscience education for frail elderly people with chronic pain in a local community: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Usefulness of Pain Neuroscience education for frail elderly people with chronic pain in a local community: a pilot randomized controlled trial - Usefulness of Pain Neuroscience education for frail elderly people with chronic pain in a local community: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000033578

Enrollment

Registered

2018-08-10

Start date

2018-08-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Frail elderly people with chronic pain

Interventions

Group exercise based on &#39

Ikiiki exercises for 100 years old&#39

and locomotion training proposed by the Japanese Orthopedic Association for 60 minutes per week for 3 months Home exercise with the locomotion training proposed by the Japanese Orthopedic Associati

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Out-patients in Aoki Chuo Clinic, who has pain on the lower back or knee for at least 3 months One or more out of 5 criteria are satisfied in the criteria proposed by the Cardiovascular Health Study (pre-frail or frail).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Out-patients for the purpose of post-surgical management Scores of 21 or less in the Mini Mental State Examination Difficulty of communication in Japanese Patients who are not appropriate for exercise interventions (severe heart diseases, severe arthropathy, a history of cancer within 3 years, Parkinson's disease, and diseases with life expectancy of less than a year)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recruitment rate of the participants per month	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Drop-out rate Number of group exercise sessions for 3 months Home exercise compliance for 3 months Grip strength (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Isometric knee extension strength (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Time during single leg standing with eyes open(pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Timed Up and Go test (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) 10m walk test (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) P4 (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Pain Catastrophizing Scale (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Central Sensitization Inventory (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) SF-36 (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Global Rating Recovery Scale (1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention)	—

Measure

Time frame

Drop-out rate Number of group exercise sessions for 3 months Home exercise compliance for 3 months Grip strength (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Isometric knee extension strength (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Time during single leg standing with eyes open(pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Timed Up and Go test (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) 10m walk test (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) P4 (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Pain Catastrophizing Scale (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Central Sensitization Inventory (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) SF-36 (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire (pre intervention; 1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention) Global Rating Recovery Scale (1, 2 and 3 months after the initiation of the intervention)

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNaoto Mitsui

Aoki Chuo Clinic Rehabilitation

ffmrn222@yahoo.co.jp+81482601213

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026