Pain Neuroscience Education and Gradual Exposure to Exercise in Factory Workers With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04191317
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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 study aims to compare the effectiveness of a pain neuroscience education (PNE) based programe and gradual exposure to exercise versus pilates on disability levels associated with chronic low back pain in factory workers. There will be two arms each one receiving one type of intervention over 8 weeks.
Study details
- Official title
- Pain Neuroscience Education and Gradual Exposure to Exercise in Factory Workers With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Pain Neuroscience Education and gradual exposure
- Other: Pilates and postural education
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
- Start date
- 2019-12-02
- Primary completion
- 2021-07-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Portugal
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * to have nonspecific low back pain lasting longer than three months, felt in the anatomic region below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, without referred leg pain and not related to any specific pathology such as lumbar fracture, ankylosing spondylitis, cauda equina syndrome, infection or tumour; * not receiving treatment for low back pain. Exclusion Criteria: * altered sensorial signs indicative of radiculopathy; red flags such as weight loss without a particular cause, cancer diagnosis or sustained use of corticoids; * presence of any rheumatic, neurologic or cardiorespiratory disease that prevent the practice of physical exercise.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04191317