Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education vs Biomedical Education for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Shoulder Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02960477
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
BACKGROUND Shoulder pain is the third most common musculoskeletal disorder observed in primary care consultations after low back and neck pain. In the absence of successful outcome following a conservative intervention, shoulder surgery is the most common procedure conduct for a multitude of surgical indications, including rotator cuff tears, instability and stiffness. However, 22% of patients develop chronic shoulder pain (CSP) following shoulder surgery . The consequences of chronic or persistent postsurgical pain result in high socio-economic burden, not only in terms of suffering and reduced quality of life for the individual, but also, with considered the subsequent costs to healthcare and social services. Pain neuroscience education (PNE) has been shown as an effective therapeutic strategy for increasing knowledge and understanding about neurobiology, neurophysiology and processing pain, changing pain beliefs, improving patient's skills and encouraging to do physical and social activities in different chronic pain conditions. The primary aim of this study will be to evaluate whether perioperative PNE is more effective than classical biomedical education in reducing pain and disability in patients undergoing shoulder surgery. The secondary aim will be to analyse whether perioperative PNE is more effective than classical biomedical education in reducing postoperative healthcare costs and improving surgical experience in patients undergoing shoulder surgery .
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education vs Biomedical Education for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Shoulder Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Pain Neuroscience education
- Other: Biomedical Education
- Sponsor
- University of Malaga
- Start date
- 2019-11
- Primary completion
- 2020-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients scheduled for shoulder surgery, willing to participate (including willingness to comply with the predetermined follow-ups). 2. Participants scheduled for shoulder surgery due to partial or full thickness rotator cuff tear, tendon biceps tears, impingement syndrome, rotator cuff tendinopathy, adhesive capsulitis, rotator cuff tendinosis and labral pathologies will be included in this study. Diagnosis will be based on surgeon criteria and confirmed by MRI or US . 3. Men / women aged between 18 and 70 years. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Chronic illness characterized by chronic pain (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, scleroderma) or any other rheumatoid, endocrinological, neurological or psychiatric disorder. 2. Patients with evidence of advanced osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint and inflammatory arthropathy . 3. Shoulder pain considered to be originated from the cervical region and other traumas or if there is osteoporosis, haemophilia and / or cancer. 4. Participants receiving shoulder surgery before the beginning of the study. 5. Inability to provide informed consent and/or complete written questionnaires.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02960477