Effect of Neuroscience Education in Pain combined to Pilates in Catastrophization for Elderly with non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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• Conditions: Aging; older people; Chronic Pain; non-specific Chronic low back pain.; M01.060.116.100; C23.888.592.612.274; C23.888.592.612.107.400; G07.345.124

• Registration Number: RBR-38kgxy
• Lead Sponsor: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde da Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Data analysis completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will be recruited from the municipality of São Carlos through advertisements in the community and media.
Individuals aged 60 years or older with non- specific chronic low back pain who score the minimum score according to schooling in the Mini Mental State Examination MMSE and do not present depressive symptoms in the Geriatric Depression Scale GDS-15.For the classification of chronic pain was used the criteria of the International Association for the Study of Pain IASP, which recommends that, for research, the chronicity of pain is defined as lasting more than six months (IASP, 2015).

Exclusion Criteria

All older people that have undergone physical therapy for pain management within 6 months prior to the intervention, or undergone surgical treatment for CLBP were excluded, involvement in regular sports activities that have the same physical benefits as Pilates, such as improved muscle strength and stretching. Those with diagnosis of central sensitization syndromes (such as fibromyalgia), cancer and active inflammatory diseases, or with pain associated to previous spine or lower limbs fracture, and those that already regularly performed physical activities with therapeutic aims of stretching and strengthening similar to Pilates will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified