Pain Science Education and Therapeutic Exercise in Adults With Musculoskeletal Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT07788781
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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 randomized controlled pilot trial evaluated the effectiveness of adding pain neuroscience education (PNE) to a therapeutic exercise program in adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Participants were randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to an experimental group receiving therapeutic exercise plus PNE or to a control group receiving therapeutic exercise alone. The intervention lasted 8 weeks. The primary objective was to evaluate the effect of the intervention on pain intensity. Secondary objectives included evaluating its effects on kinesiophobia, fear-avoidance beliefs, and muscle strength, as well as assessing the feasibility of the study protocol to inform the design of a future larger-scale randomized controlled trial.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Pain Science Education and Therapeutic Exercise in Adults With Musculoskeletal Pain. A Randomized Controlled Experimental Pilot Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) + Therapeutic Exercise
- Behavioral: Therapeutic Exercise
- Sponsor
- University of Vigo
- Start date
- 2026-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2026-07-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>18 years. * Chronic musculoskeletal pain lasting more than 3 months, regardless of pain location. * Provision of written informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Psychiatric or psychological condition that could interfere with the performance or understanding of the therapeutic exercise program or the educational intervention. * Degenerative neurological disease or neurological disease affecting the central nervous system. * Recent surgery. * Pregnancy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07788781