Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Musculoskeletal Patients
RecruitingNot applicableNCT06175884
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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 purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the physiotherapist's communication on the clinical presentation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Physiotherapist's Communication Skills on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Video about pain neuroscience education with enhancing communication skills
- Other: Video about pain neuroscience education without enhancing communication skills
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
- Start date
- 2024-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2025-03-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Greece
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants should speak and understand the Greek language, as the questionnaires and the video will be in Greek * Participants should experience pain in one of the following four different areas: cervical or lumbar spine, knee, or shoulder * Pain of musculoskeletal origin * Pain lasting more than 3 months, evident on most days of the week to be classified as chronic pain, with a pain intensity of at least 3/10 Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Medication for neurological/psychiatric disorders * Pain medication on the day agreed upon with the researcher, in order to minimize the potential influence of medication * Undergoing surgery in the last six months * Pregnancy or childbirth before 1 year
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06175884