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Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education Compared to a Conventional Education for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

CompletedNot applicableNCT04179708
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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)

The hypothesis is that pain biology education, combined with a rehabilitation program, reduces disability to 3 months, compared to conventional spinal physiology education.

Study details

Official title
Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education Compared to a Conventional Education for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain : A Randomized Monocentric Trial.
Interventions
Sponsor
University Hospital, Lille
Collaborators
Société Française de Physiothérapie (SFP).
Start date
2020-01-06
Primary completion
2024-02-10
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 65 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
France
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Low Back Pain since more than 1 year * Affiliated to Social Security Scheme * Rolland Moris ≥ 8 * Start Back ≥ 4 Exclusion Criteria: * Suspicion or proven case of serious pathology such as recent vertebral fracture (less than 6 months), infection, malignant tumors and / or radiculopathy. * Have a history of rheumatic inflammatory disease * Have a true radiculalgia (with or without radiculopathy) * Have a scoliosis \> 30° (if it is considered as a predominant contributor of pain's persistence). * Rating of pain \> 8/10 * Have had lumbar surgery in the past 12 months * Have had an injection in the past 3 months * Patients under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship) * Pregnant patients * Patients who are not able to understand, read or speak french * Inability to receive informed information

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04179708