The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 8-week pain neuroscience education programme compared to a biomedical education programme on the rehabilitation of patients who undergo arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Outcome measures included pain intensity, patients' attitudes and beliefs about pain, disability and quality of life.
This was a single-blinded, randomized parallel study. Twenty- nine patients who undergo arthroscopic rotator cuff repair took part in a multimodal physiotherapy programme and were allocated to two groups. Patients in the experimental group - PNE (n= 16) received multimodal physiotherapy along with pain neuroscience education, and the control group- PME (n=13) received multimodal physiotherapy along with biomedical education. The multimodal treatment included 1-hour sessions 3 times per week for 8 weeks (24 sessions). In addition, the education component (PNE, PME) consisted of 4 education sessions of 30 minutes duration, on a one-to-one basis, once per week at the start of the programme. Physiotherapists involved in the delivery of the interventions were previously trained on both, the theoretical and practical aspects related to the protocols of multimodal physiotherapy and specially on the education component. Outcome measures included pain intensity (pain intensity numerical rating score), catastrophizing, kinesiophobia, disability and quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
29
Patients received 24 sessions, in an 8-week period, of multimodal physiotherapy (therapeutic heat, manual therapy and exercises) along with four sessions of pain neuroscience education. The latter was focused on the influence of psychosocial factors in the experience of pain, differences between acute and chronic pain and central-peripheral awareness.
Patients received 24 sessions, in an 8-week period, of multimodal physiotherapy (therapeutic heat, manual therapy and exercises) along with four sessions of biomedical education. The latter was focused on the anatomy and pathomechanics of the shoulder.
Hospital de Temuco
Temuco, Araucania, Chile
Change Pain intensity: visual analogue scale
The visual analogue scales is a self-reporting measure of pain intensity. This involves asking patients to rate their pain intensity by selecting a point in a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 10 cm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best). The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) in subjects with shoulder pain is 2.2 cm.
Time frame: From baseline to the end of intervention (8 weeks)
Pain catastrophizing
Pain catastrophic was assessed using the Patient Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), a 52-point self-administered instrument with MCID of 4.5 points.
Time frame: From baseline to the end of intervention (8 weeks)
Kinesiophobia
Kinesiophobia was assessed using the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK-11), a 44-point self-administered instrument with MCID established at 6.0 points
Time frame: From baseline to the end of intervention (8 weeks)
Disability
The degree of disability was assessed with the QuickDASH questionnaire, a self-administered instrument which expresses the degree of disability as a percentage on a scale of 0-100%, with MCID of 8% in subjects with shoulder pain.
Time frame: From baseline to the end end of intervention (8 weeks)
Health-related quality of life: 5-dimension EuroQol questionnaire
The health-related quality of life was assessed with the 5-dimension EuroQol questionnaire, with MCID established on a scale of 0.03-0.52 in the population with musculoskeletal pain.
Time frame: From baseline to the end of intervention (8 weeks)
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