The purpose of the present study is to evaluate whether the addition of two pain neurophysiology education sessions to motor control training may result in an improvement of the outcome measures of pain and disability, compared to motor control training alone.
Sixty-two subjects with unspecific low-back pain were randomly recruited for the present study. The subjects were randomly allocated to a control group (which received only motor control training) and an intervention group (which underwent two pain neurophysiology education sessions prior to motor control training). Primary outcome measures were pain (measured with the Visual Analogical Scale) and disability (measured with the Oswestry Disability Index). Secondary outcome measures are kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia), the global perceived effect (Global Perceived Effect Scale) and quality of life (SF-12). These will be measured before the intervention, at the end of the intervention, and 3 and 6 months after ending the intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
62
Exercises to strengthen the lumbar musculature and control the posture.
Educational sessions to improve patient's neurophysiology of pain knowledge.
Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón
Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
Hospital Clínico San Carlos
Madrid, Spain
Change in pain at different time points
Visual Analogic Scale
Time frame: Assessed before the intervention, at the end of the 4-week motor control intervention and 3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention
Change in disability at different time points
Oswestry Disability Index
Time frame: Assessed before the intervention, at the end of the 4-week motor control intervention and 3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention
Change in kinesiophobia at different time points
Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia
Time frame: Assessed before the intervention, at the end of the 4-week intervention and 3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention
Change in Global Perceived Effect at different time points
Global Perceived Effect Scale
Time frame: Assessed before the intervention, at the end of the 4-week motor control intervention and 3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention
Change in quality of life at different time points
SF-12 questionnaire
Time frame: Assessed before the intervention, at the end of the 4-week motor control intervention and 3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention
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