The Effectiveness of Neuroscience Pain Education Combining Manual Therapy in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: a Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Sponsor
- Kutahya Health Sciences University
- Enrollment
- 69
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The cognitive educational strategies such as neuroscience pain education, has been a popular and promising technique for treatment patients with chronic pain. However, there are not sufficient randomized controlled and blinded studies to explore clinical effectiveness of these techniques. Therefore, the aim of this study was determining the short- and mid-term effects of neuroscience pain education combined with manual therapy and home exercise on pain level, disability, and kinesiophobia in patients with chronic low back pain.
Investigators
Ismail Saracoglu
Principle Investigator
Kutahya Health Sciences University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Volunteered to participate in the study.
- •Patients with 18-65 years
- •Had low back pain for at least 6 months,
- •Reported pain severity of 5 or greater according to the numeric pain rating scale
- •Used pregabalin and gabapentin derivatives,
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous spine or lower extremity surgery
- •Severe osteoporosis
- •Spondyloarthropathy
- •Spondylolisthesis
- •Lumbar stenosis
- •Systemic inflammatory diseases
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)
Time Frame: Change from Baseline NPRS at 4th weeks and 12th weeks
The NPRS was used to assess the participants' pain levels. In the NPRS, patients are asked to verbally rate the severity of their pain on a scale from 0 to 10. The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. "no pain") to '10' representing the other pain extreme.
Secondary Outcomes
- Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)(Change from Baseline ODI at 4th weeks and 12th weeks)
- Back Performance Scale (BPS)(Change from Baseline BPS at 4th weeks and 12th weeks)
- Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK)(Change from Baseline TSK at 4th weeks and 12th weeks)