Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education Compared to a Conventional Education for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
NCT ID: NCT04179708
Last Updated: 2025-12-23
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
88 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-01-06
2024-02-10
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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pain neuroscience education
Pain Neuroscience Education
Intervention description Patients participate in a back school program including initial and final assessment, educational activities and therapeutic activities (eg. Physiotherapy, balneotherapy, physical activity, spine ergonomics, and so on) spread over 5 days. The therapeutic activities are the same in experimental and control group, only the educational activities differ.
The educational activities represent 4 hours of intervention, ½ hours of educative initial assessment and ½ hour of educative final assessment.
The content of Pain Neuroscience Education (experimental group) focuses on deconstruction of patho-anatomical and biomechanical believes, and the explanation of pain from the biology. This framework allows the introduction of coping strategies (eg gradual exposure to exercise, activity and physical activity) and regulation strategy (eg fragmentation of activity, stress management, and so on).
Conventional education
assessment, educational activities and therapeutic activities (eg. Physiotherapy, balneotherapy, physical activity, spine ergonomics, and so on) spread over 5 days. The therapeutic activities are the same in experimental and control group, only the educational activities differ.
The educational activities represent 4 hours of intervention, ½ hour of educative initial assessment and ½ hour of educative final assessment.
The content of conventional education (control grou) focuses on patho-anatomical and biomechanical notions. This framework allows the introduction of protection strategies (eg education on good posture, good handling techniques, physical activity and therapeutic exercise in stretch and strenghten the spine in order to protect it).
Conventional education
patient receiving a "classical" education on spinal physiology and ergonomics
Conventional education
assessment, educational activities and therapeutic activities (eg. Physiotherapy, balneotherapy, physical activity, spine ergonomics, and so on) spread over 5 days. The therapeutic activities are the same in experimental and control group, only the educational activities differ.
The educational activities represent 4 hours of intervention, ½ hour of educative initial assessment and ½ hour of educative final assessment.
The content of conventional education (control grou) focuses on patho-anatomical and biomechanical notions. This framework allows the introduction of protection strategies (eg education on good posture, good handling techniques, physical activity and therapeutic exercise in stretch and strenghten the spine in order to protect it).
Interventions
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Pain Neuroscience Education
Intervention description Patients participate in a back school program including initial and final assessment, educational activities and therapeutic activities (eg. Physiotherapy, balneotherapy, physical activity, spine ergonomics, and so on) spread over 5 days. The therapeutic activities are the same in experimental and control group, only the educational activities differ.
The educational activities represent 4 hours of intervention, ½ hours of educative initial assessment and ½ hour of educative final assessment.
The content of Pain Neuroscience Education (experimental group) focuses on deconstruction of patho-anatomical and biomechanical believes, and the explanation of pain from the biology. This framework allows the introduction of coping strategies (eg gradual exposure to exercise, activity and physical activity) and regulation strategy (eg fragmentation of activity, stress management, and so on).
Conventional education
assessment, educational activities and therapeutic activities (eg. Physiotherapy, balneotherapy, physical activity, spine ergonomics, and so on) spread over 5 days. The therapeutic activities are the same in experimental and control group, only the educational activities differ.
The educational activities represent 4 hours of intervention, ½ hour of educative initial assessment and ½ hour of educative final assessment.
The content of conventional education (control grou) focuses on patho-anatomical and biomechanical notions. This framework allows the introduction of protection strategies (eg education on good posture, good handling techniques, physical activity and therapeutic exercise in stretch and strenghten the spine in order to protect it).
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Affiliated to Social Security Scheme
* Rolland Moris ≥ 8
* Start Back ≥ 4
Exclusion Criteria
* Have a history of rheumatic inflammatory disease
* Have a true radiculalgia (with or without radiculopathy)
* Have a scoliosis \> 30° (if it is considered as a predominant contributor of pain's persistence).
* Rating of pain \> 8/10
* Have had lumbar surgery in the past 12 months
* Have had an injection in the past 3 months
* Patients under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship)
* Pregnant patients
* Patients who are not able to understand, read or speak french
* Inability to receive informed information
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Société Française de Physiothérapie (SFP).
UNKNOWN
University Hospital, Lille
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Valérie Wieczorek, MD,PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Hospital, Lille
Locations
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Hop Swynghedauw
Lille, , France
Countries
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References
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Adenis N, Wieczorek V, Corbinau S, Mortain L, Thevenon A. Pain neuroscience education is not superior to spinal physiology and ergonomics education within a short multidisciplinary rehabilitation program: A randomized controlled trial. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2024 Nov;74:103176. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2024.103176. Epub 2024 Sep 5.
Other Identifiers
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2019-A01260-57
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2018_79
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id