- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03654235
Pain Neuroscience Education and Physical Exercise Program in Chronic Back Pain
Pain Neuroscience Education and Physical Exercise Program in Patients With Chronic Back Pain. Intervention From Primary Care Physiotherapy Units
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Justification: Chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) affects more than 20% of the population, its prevalence is increasing, generating suffering and high health expenditure. The current knowledge of neurophysiology of pain shows that the painful experience in CMP is not necessarily associated with peripheral tissue damage and is due more to an alteration of central mechanisms of pain processing and to the dysfunction of endogenous pain inhibitory mechanisms. Physical exercise (PE) has been shown to be effective in CMP. Pain neuroscience education (PNE) improves the levels of pain catastrophism, Kinesiophobia, quality of life, disability and also modifies maladaptive cognitions that favour a painful response.
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of a PNE and PE in patients with chronic back pain (CBP). Changes in pain intensity, pain thresholds, Catastrophism, kinesiophobia, disability, central sensitization and quality of are measured.
Material and methods: Multicenter randomized clinical trial (RCT) with 170 patients. Intervention group receive 6 sessions of PNE and a 6 weeks PE program (18 sessions) aimed at improving functional capacity, neurogenesis and cerebral plasticity. Control group receive usual physiotherapy treatment (supported by the current protocols in Primary Care in the Health System of Castilla y León). The outcome variables are measured by Visual Analog Scale (EVA), Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT), Kinesiophobia Tampa Scale (TKS-11), Central Sensitization Questionnaire (CSC), Pain Catastrophism Questionnaire (CCD), disability (Roland-Morris), Quality of life (SF-36) and satisfaction (CSQ-8). An initial assessment, post-intervention (week 10), at six months and at year is performed. Patients Evaluator and Outcomes Assessor are masked.
Applicability of results: The proposed intervention is simple and reproducible. It can be performed in the Primary Care Physiotherapy Units. It requires few resources, and it can produce changes in pain intensity, functionality and quality of life of patients with CBP
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Federico Montero Cuadrado
- Phone Number: +34 651529993
- Email: fmonteroc@saludcastillayleon.es
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Miguel Á. Galán Martín
- Phone Number: +34 609686744
- Email: magalanm@saludcastillayleon.es
Study Locations
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Valladolid, Spain, 47011
- Recruiting
- Unidad de estrategias de Afrontamiento Activo para el dolor. Sacyl
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Contact:
- Miguel Angel Galán-Martín
- Phone Number: 88870 983255400
- Email: magalanm@saludcastillayleon.es
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Sub-Investigator:
- Federico Montero Cuadrado
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Nonspecific back pain of at least 6 months.
- Accept to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Oncological pain.
- Spine fracture or surgical intervention in last year.
- Neurological cognitive alteration that prevents understanding the contents of PNE program (In case of doubt, assesment with Minimental test)
- Motor control alteration that prevents the execution of the planned PE program (Minimum requirement: execution in normal time of the Timed Up and Go test)
- Pregnancy.
- Bladder or bowel incontinence.
- Saddle anesthesia.
- Patients presenting other clinical conditions that may aggravate chronic spinal pain (chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome).
- Patients with associated pathologies that make it impossible to perform physical exercise program.
- Patients under treatment with alternative therapies.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: SINGLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: PNE and PE program
Pain neuroscience education (Health education) and Physical exercise program.
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6 pain neuroscience education sessions (10 hours) and delivery of printed reinforcement material.
Group physical exercise program (18 sessions; 3 sessions/week) leaded by a physiotherapist.
It includes exercises to improve strength, coordination, balance and aerobic capacity.
Work with double tasks, recreational activities to overcome kinesiophobia and activities to do at home are used in the program.
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Usual care in Primary Care Physiotherapy
Usual care in Primary Care Physiotherapy Units
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Treatment supported by the protocol of primary care of physiotherapy in the health service of Castilla y León that was in force at the time of the intervention. Patients receive 15 sessions of analgesic electrotherapy, thermotherapy and standardized physical exercise |
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Health-related Quality of Life at different time points
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) V2.
Spanish version.
The SF-36 is a 36-item scale constructed to survey health status and quality of life.
It yields an 8-scale profile of functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically-based physical and mental health summary.
Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale.
Higher scores indicate better overall quality of life.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Pain assessment at different time points
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Visual analog scale (VAS) scale.
The VAS is a 100 mm long horizontal line ranging from '0: no pain at all' on one end to '100: worst pain imaginable' on the other end.
Participants mark a point along the line that best represents the pain they are experiencing at that moment.
A higher score indicates a higher level of pain.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Pressure pain threshold.
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Pressure pain threshold (PPT).
A digital pressure algometer is used at four standardized points to measure the pressure pain thresholds.
Higher values represent a better tolerance to pressure pain.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Change in Pain Catastrophism at different time points
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Pain catastrophizing scale (PCS).
Spanish version.
PCS is a short 13-item measure which evaluates the pain-related catastrophizing behaviours and cognitions of individuals.
Score range from 0 - 52.
A higher score indicates a higher level of catastrophism.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Change in Kinesiophobia at different time points
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK-11).
Spanish version.
TSK-11 is a self-report measure that contains 11 questions designed to assess a client's fear of movement and re-injury.
Score range from 11 - 44.
A higher score indicates a higher level of Kinesiophobia.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Change in Disability at different time points
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ).
Spanish version.
It is a self-administered disability questionnaire consisting of 24 questions that are specifically related to physical functions that may be affected by back pain.
Score range from 0 - 24.
A higher score indicates a higher level of Disability.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Change in Central sensitization levels at different time points
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Central sensitization Inventory (CSI).
Spanish version.
Self-report instrument to detect the presence of central sensitization.
It is a 25-item questionnaire that records the frequency of each symptom on a Likert scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always), resulting in a possible total score of 100.
Higher scores are associated with higher levels of central sensitization.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Change in Drugs consumption
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Record of consumption by types of drugs.
Consumption is evaluated through a survey.
The results are expressed in weekly doses per drug type.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Satisfaction survey. Satisfaction with the treatment
Time Frame: at 10 weeks
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Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8).
Spanish version.
It is is a self-report instrument used to assess satisfaction with health services and it is used to assess participant satisfaction with the treatment.
Scores range from 8 - 32.
Higher scores are associated with higher satisfaction.
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at 10 weeks
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Modifications of body mass index.
Time Frame: Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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modification of the body mass index (BMI).
Weight in Kg. and Height ill be combined to report BMI in kg/m^2.
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Change from baseline to post-treatment, to 6 months and at 12 months follow-up
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Miguel A. Galán Martín, Castilla-León Health Service
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- GRS 1396/A/16
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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