Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise in High School Students With Chronic Idiopathic Neck Pain

Brief summary (from the registry)

Musculoskeletal pain can affect up to 40% of children and adolescents. Neck pain (NP) is one of the most prevalent painful conditions and evidence suggests that its prevalence has increased in recent decades in adolescents aged 16 to 18 years, from 22.9% in 1991 to 29.5% in 2011. Interventions based on pain neuroscience education have emerged as promising strategies in chronic pain conditions.In adults this intervention has been explored in many pain conditions, including musculoskeletal pain, but there is only one pilot study in adolescents with chronic NP and one case study in adolescents with fibromyalgia. Thus, the main objective of the present study is: (i) To compare the effectiveness of an education program based on pain neuroscience education and exercise versus exercise alone, in decreasing pain intensity in secondary school students with chronic and idiopathic NP immediately after the intervention and at 6 months. The secondary objectives are to: i) Compare the effectiveness of these programs immediately after the intervention and at 6 months in i) disability, ii) sleep, iii) pain catastrophizing, iv) fear of movement, v) self-efficacy, vi) central sensitization vii) the strength of the deep neck flexors and extensors muscles and stabilizers of the scapula; and viii) the pressure pain threshold between the two intervention groups; ii) Explore possible predictors of response to treatment.

Study details

Official title

Chronic Idiopathic Neck Pain in High School Students: Effectiveness of an Intervention Based on Exercise and Pain Neuroscience Education

Conditions

• Chronic Neck Pain

Interventions

• Other: Pain Neuroscience Education and Exercise
• Other: Exercise

Sponsor

Aveiro University

Collaborators

Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal

Start date

2019-10-01

Primary completion

2020-06-30

Sex

All

Age range

from 13 Years to 20 Years

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

Portugal

Total sites listed

3

Eligibility criteria