Musculoskeletal Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Pain neuroscience education combined with a conventional physiotherapy protocol
Sponsors
Physical medicine and rehabilitation unit El Ayachi Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be eligible, individuals must be aged 18 or older, present themselves to the rehabilitation service with chronic low back pain (defined as pain in the lumbar region that may radiate to the buttock or iliac crest) persisting for more than 3 months. The pain intensity, measured on a Numeric Rating Pain Scale (NRPS) ranging from 0 "no pain" to 10 "worst pain imaginable," must fall between 3 and 10, inclusive.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Any patient diagnosed with symptomatic low back pain or already operated upon; Any systemic inflammatory disease other than low back pain; Any patient diagnosed with chronic low back pain refusing to participate in the study; Any patient presenting debilitating cognitive and/or speech disorders; Illiteracy and any patient who does not speak Arabic.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) To measure pain intensity | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Arabic version of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) Arabic version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) Arabic version of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) Arabic version of the SF-12 (Medical Outcome Study Short Form – 12) | — |
Countries
Morocco
Contacts
Public ContactSamia KARKOURI
Mohammed V University of Rabat
Outcome results
None listed