PNE Effectiveness Cluster Trial
CompletedNot applicableNCT03168165
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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)
This is a cluster randomized trial that involves training regions of physical therapy clinics to use pain neuroscience education or continue with usual care. The investigators will examine outcomes for patients with chronic neck or back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effectiveness of Training Physical Therapists in Pain Neuroscience Education on Patient Reported Outcomes for Patients With Chronic Spinal Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Pain neuroscience education training
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
- Start date
- 2017-05-24
- Primary completion
- 2019-06-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 41
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-75 at time of first physical therapy session * Primary reason for physical therapy is low back and/or neck pain * Meets the NIH definition of chronic pain (i.e., neck or back pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months.) Exclusion Criteria: * No spinal surgery within the previous 12 months * No evidence of "red flag" conditions (e.g., cauda equine syndrome, cancer, fracture, infection or systemic disease) that requires immediate referral from physical therapy to medical care * Not currently known to be pregnant
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03168165