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Education in pain and physical therapy for patients with chronic low back pain

Physical therapy associated with pain neuroscience education for patients with chronic low back pain - blinded randomized clinical trial - PNE: pain neuroscience education

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4qt84b
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-11-13
Start date
2018-10-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Low back pain

Interventions

Multidimensional evaluation of pain before and after physical therapy. Questionnaires will be applied (data sheet for sociodemographic and health data, Brief Pain Inventory - BPI, Central Sensitivity
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Sponsors

Centro Universitário Luterano de Palmas - CEULP/ULBRA
Lead Sponsor
Centro Universitário Luterano de Palmas - CEULP/ULBRA
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients referred from the Unified Health System (SUS) by the regulation system or registered at the of Physiotherapy’s School Clinical of the Lutheran University Center of Palmas (CEULP / ULBRA) that meet the following criteria: individuals older than 18 years; with chronic low back pain (over 3 months); of both sexes; score equal to or greater than 40 in the Central Sensitization Inventory.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who are in legal proceedings against the company that working or worked; chronic diseases of systemic inflammatory origin; athletes; have performed surgical procedure in any region of the spine, have internal fixators in the spine, confirmed diagnosis of disc extrusion. Also excluded are patients with red flag criteria, such as history of neoplasms or tumor, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), fever or infection in the last 30 days, sudden and severe weight loss, spine fracture, cauda equina syndrome and signs of neurological diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of patients with at least 20% improvement in disability assessed through the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire in comparing pre- and post-intervention data collected;Improvement of the central sensitization evaluated through the Central Sensitization Inventory, comparing pre and post intervention data

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Pain improvement will be evaluated by the Brief Pain Inventory and algometry, improving the of pressure pain threshold, temporal summation of pressure pain and conditioned pain modulation, comparing pre and post intervention data ;Improvement of the quality of life through the SF 6D, comparing pre and post intervention data;Improvement of kinesiophobia through brazilian version of the Tampa Scale for kinesiophobia, comparing pre and post intervention data;Improvement of anxiety and depression observed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, comparing pre and post intervention data;Attitudinal improvement through the Survey of pain attitudes (SOPA brief), comparing pre and post intervention data;Improvement of psychosocial factors through the Start back screening tool, comparing pre and post intervention data;Improvement of catastrophic assessment by the Pain-Related Catastrophizing Thoughts Scale, comparing pre and post intervention data

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactAngela Yamada

Centro Universitário Luterano de Palmas - CEULP/ULBRA

angela@ceulp.edu.br+55063992015484

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)