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Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education vs Biomedical Education for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Shoulder Pain

NCT02960477 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2018-10-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

BACKGROUND Shoulder pain is the third most common musculoskeletal disorder observed in primary care consultations after low back and neck pain. In the absence of successful outcome following a conservative intervention, shoulder surgery is the most common procedure conduct for a multitude of surgical indications, including rotator cuff tears, instability and stiffness. However, 22% of patients develop chronic shoulder pain (CSP) following shoulder surgery . The consequences of chronic or persistent postsurgical pain result in high socio-economic burden, not only in terms of suffering and reduced quality of life for the individual, but also, with considered the subsequent costs to healthcare and social services.

Pain neuroscience education (PNE) has been shown as an effective therapeutic strategy for increasing knowledge and understanding about neurobiology, neurophysiology and processing pain, changing pain beliefs, improving patient's skills and encouraging to do physical and social activities in different chronic pain conditions.

The primary aim of this study will be to evaluate whether perioperative PNE is more effective than classical biomedical education in reducing pain and disability in patients undergoing shoulder surgery. The secondary aim will be to analyse whether perioperative PNE is more effective than classical biomedical education in reducing postoperative healthcare costs and improving surgical experience in patients undergoing shoulder surgery .

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Pain Neuroscience education

A PNE session covers the neurobiology, neurophysiology and processing of pain.

OTHER

Biomedical Education

A biomedical session covers the normal course of shoulder pain, anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the shoulder, the expected course of postoperative shoulder pain, and the importance of self-care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaga

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alejandro Luque Suarez, PhD · University of Malaga

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-30
Primary Completion
2020-01-31
Completion
2020-08-31

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