Effectiveness Study of an Exercise Program for Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

NCT ID: NCT06667830

Last Updated: 2025-10-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2026-02-28

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal physical exercise program for older adults (> 60 years) with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The main question it aims to answer is:

What is the impact of the intervention program on participants´ pain intensity (primary outcome), function, physical performance, and somatosensory function (secondary outcomes)? Participants will be assessed at 3 different moments: initial assessment (T0), at the end of the intervention protocol (10 weeks) (T1) and 3 months after the end of the intervention protocol (T2). The intervention protocol will consist of a multimodal exercise program to be carried out over a period of 10 weeks at a frequency of twice a week.

Conditions

Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Physical exercise

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Physical exercise program

Intervention Type: OTHER

The physical exercise program will consist of exercises from three different exercise modalities: aerobic training, balance exercises, and isometric exercises.

Physical exercise + Neural mobilization

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical exercise program

Intervention Type: OTHER

The physical exercise program will consist of exercises from three different exercise modalities: aerobic training, balance exercises, and isometric exercises.

Neural mobilization techniques

Intervention Type: OTHER

Neural mobilization techniques for the upper and lower quadrants will be actively performed by participants.

Interventions

Physical exercise program

The physical exercise program will consist of exercises from three different exercise modalities: aerobic training, balance exercises, and isometric exercises.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Neural mobilization techniques

Neural mobilization techniques for the upper and lower quadrants will be actively performed by participants.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or older
• People with primary or secondary chronic musculoskeletal pain in any body site
• People able to walk independently

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals undergoing surgery in the last 3 months
• Patients with a self-reported diagnoses of infection diseases, dementia, tumor/cancer, stroke, uncontrolled diabetes, or at high risk of developing cardiovascular events
• Those with physical limitations that make it impossible for them to carry out the intervention protocols independently (e.g., wheelchair user)
• Patients who are receiving another physical therapy intervention to treat their pain.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Aveiro University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Frederico Mesquita Baptista

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Department of Medical Sciences (University of Aveiro), Campus Universitário de Santiago, Agra do Crasto, Edifício 30

Aveiro, , Portugal

Countries

Portugal

Other Identifiers

RCT2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id