The Efficacy of a Pain Neuroscience Education Programme in Shoulder Pain: a Randomised Clinical Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Shoulder Pain
- Sponsor
- Universidad de León
- Enrollment
- 56
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of a pain neuroscience education programme applied to patients with shoulder pain.
Detailed Description
A randomised controlled trial was performed. Fifty-five patients satisfied eligibility criteria, agreed to participate, and were randomized into an experimental group (n = 27) or control group (n =28). A manual therapy and exercises program was administered for both groups. In addition, a pain neuroscience education protocol was administered for the experimental group for a whole period of 4 weeks (1 session/week, 75mins per session).
Investigators
Eva Prado Robles
Principal Investigator and clinical Professor
Universidad de León
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Being 18-70 years of age.
- •History of shoulder pain of more than 3 months duration.
- •Presence of a painful arc
- •Medical diagnosis of shoulder pain with at least 2 positive impingement tests including Neer, Hawkins, or Jobe test
Exclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
- •Pregnancy.
- •A history of traumatic onset of shoulder pain.
- •Other histories of shoulder injury.
- •Torn tendons.
- •Ligamentous laxity based on a positive Sulcus and apprehension tests.
- •Numbness or tingling in the upper extremity.
- •Previous shoulder or cervical spine surgery.
- •Systemic illness.
- •Corticosteroid injection on the shoulder within 1 year of the study.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain
Time Frame: Baseline and 5 weeks.
Reduction in pain intensity using the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)
Disability
Time Frame: Baseline and five weeks.
Improving functionality using the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)
Secondary Outcomes
- kinesiophobia(Baseline and 5 weeks.)