Low Back Pain, Pain, Rehabilitation
Conditions
Brief summary
The Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) aims to reconceptualize pain from a marker of tissue damage to a marker of the perceived need to protect body tissue. The purpose of this study is to verify the long-term efficacy (6 months) of a Pain Education treatment in patients with chronic low back pain, compared to a conventional treatment.
Interventions
OTHERPhysiotherapy combined with Pain Education
Patients with chronic low back pain receive manual therapy treatment combined with Pain Education sessions.
OTHERPhysiotherapy
Patients with chronic low back pain receive manual therapy treatment
Sponsors
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age over 18 * Patients with low back pain of musculoskeletal origin for at least 3 months * Patients free from NSAID and/or opioid analgesic therapy for at least 1 month * Years of education: over 13 * Italian mother-tongue
Exclusion criteria
* Presence of neurological symptoms on provocative tests * Recent surgical procedure * Patients suffering from fibromyalgia or other rheumatological pathology * Psychiatric pathologies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NRS | Baseline | Numeric Rating Scale. Score ranges from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain ever possible) |
| PCS | Baseline | Pain Catastrophizing Scale. Score ranges from 0 to 52. Higher scores are associated with higher amounts of pain catastrophizing. |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed