Exercise as Medicine for Pediatric Chronic Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT07182006
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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)
Youth with chronic pain struggle to go to school, play sports, or spend time with friends and family due to pain. Medications are often ineffective, and aerobic exercise may improve both pain sensitivity and participation in valued life activities. This study will be the first to examine the impact of a single session of intense aerobic exercise on pain sensitivity measures in youth with and without chronic pain syndromes to help determine if aerobic exercise can improve pain and functioning.
Study details
- Official title
- Movement as Medicine: Can a Single Bout of Aerobic Exercise Elicit Exercise-induced Hypoalgesia in Youth With and Without Chronic Pain Syndromes?
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Child
- Adolescent
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Start date
- 2026-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2027-01-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 10 Years to 17 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Primary or secondary chronic pain syndrome Exclusion Criteria: * Allodynia (pain with light touch) at testing sites (non-dominant forearm) * Self-reported use of opioids in last week * Comorbid condition for which exercise is deemed unsafe by a physician or the (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire+) PARQ+ * unable to safely ambulate on a treadmill
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07182006