Stop-rule management in patients with sub-acute chronic pain (WRUEP): a randomized controlled and replicated single-case experimental ABCD design.

Recruiting

Conditions: Chronische pijn
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
Work Related Upper Extremity Pain (WRUEP)

Registration Number: NL-OMON32917

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Maastricht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

1) Non-specific pain or other symptoms in neck, shoulder, elbow, arm, wrist, hand (or combination)
2) The onset or ongoing of pain is related to work, household or other unpaid activities (for example study or education)
3) Patients experience:
. complaints (pain, local tiredness, cramping, tingling or dull feeling) during activities, but decreasing when ending the activity.
· complaints (pain, tendon-/muscle irritation, aggravated feeling, insomnia and reduced strength) after work, that decrease during evenings or weekends.
· ongoing complaints (pain, swelling, pressure pain, loss of functional abilities, changes in skin colour, temperature, dull or tingling feeling)
4) Patients have complaints for at least 6 weeks.
5) Patients are aged between 18-65 years old and have an adequate ability to fill in Dutch questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Specific complaints (biceps tendinitis, bursitis around the elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical hernia, cubital tunnel syndrome, m. Dupuytren*s syndrome, epicondylitis lateralis cubiti, epicondylitis medialis cubiti, frozen shoulder, Guyon*s canal syndrome, instability of the shoulder or elbow, labrum glenoidale ruptures, local arthritis (no RA) in an upper extremity joint, Oarsman*s wrist, radial tunnel syndrome, Raynaud*s phenomena, rotator cuff ruptures, subacromial impingement syndrome (rotator cuff syndrome, tendonitis and bursitis around the shoulder), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-I, suprascapulair compression, triggerfinger, Quervain*s syndrome)
2) Complaints caused by acute trauma.
3) Involvement in a law suit regarding work-disability.
4) Psychopathology, assessed with the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90). Scores on IN-SEN-HOS-PSNEUR should not be *high* or *very high* compared with the norms of the group outpatient psychiatric clients.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Functional disability (UEFS, DASH)<br /><br>Quality of life (SF-36)<br /><br>Participation and autonomy (IPA)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>o Demographic variables (sex, age, education, onset of pain, smoking habits,<br /><br>previous treatments, co-morbidity)<br /><br>o Stop-rules (HASQ)<br /><br>o Pain related fear (TSK, PHODA-UE)<br /><br>o Pain catastrophizing (PCS)<br /><br>o Mood (PANAS)<br /><br>o Responsibility (RQ)<br /><br>o Physical activity in daily life (Actiwatch, PARQ)<br /><br>o Pain intensity (MPQ-SF)<br /><br>o Tenacious goal pursuing (TGPS)</p><br>