Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education Using an Infographic in Basketball Elite Athletes

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Elite Basketball Athletes
• Interventions: Behavioral: Infographic; Behavioral: Powerpoint

• Registration Number: NCT05037786
• Lead Sponsor: University of Malaga

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention supported by an infographic versus that supported by PowerPoint on the understanding of pain in elite athletes.

Secondary objective: to analyze whether a greater understanding of pain has effects on the intensity, extent and characteristics of pain experienced in the year after the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-31
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-08
• Study Start: 2022-01-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-04-30
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Study Completion: 2022-05-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

• Elite athletes over 18 years of age from the ACB Unicaja Basketball team during years 2021-2022

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Infographic group	Infographic	In the intervention group, the same pain education will be carried out, explained verbally but with the support of an infographic instead of a Powerpoint. The educational intervention will be carried out by one of the Unicaja Baloncesto Physiotherapists (research assistant), previously instructed by the research team.
Powerpoint group	Powerpoint	In the control group, there will be a face-to-face intervention of 15 minutes of education on pain explained by Verbal form with supporting Powerpoint presentation. The educational intervention will be carried out by one of the Unicaja Baloncesto Physiotherapists (research assistant), previously instructed by the research team.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
intensity, extent and characteristics of pain	1 year follow up	PainDETECT questionnaire (self-reported)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Understanding of pain	baseline and immediately after the intervention	Pain Neurophysiology Questionnaire (self-reported)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mar Flores Cortes; 🇪🇸 Malaga, Spain