The Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) aims to reconceptualize pain from a marker of tissue damage to a marker of the perceived need to protect body tissue. The purpose of this study is to verify the long-term efficacy (6 months) of a Pain Education treatment in patients with chronic low back pain, compared to a conventional treatment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Patients with chronic low back pain receive manual therapy treatment combined with Pain Education sessions.
Patients with chronic low back pain receive manual therapy treatment
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
Milan, Italy
NRS
Numeric Rating Scale. Score ranges from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain ever possible)
Time frame: Baseline
NRS
Numeric Rating Scale. Score ranges from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain ever possible)
Time frame: 4 weeks
NRS
Numeric Rating Scale. Score ranges from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain ever possible)
Time frame: 6 months
PCS
Pain Catastrophizing Scale. Score ranges from 0 to 52. Higher scores are associated with higher amounts of pain catastrophizing.
Time frame: Baseline
PCS
Pain Catastrophizing Scale. Score ranges from 0 to 52. Higher scores are associated with higher amounts of pain catastrophizing.
Time frame: 4 weeks
PCS
Pain Catastrophizing Scale. Score ranges from 0 to 52. Higher scores are associated with higher amounts of pain catastrophizing.
Time frame: 6 months
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