Dance-therapy and Chronic Pain

Summary

Pain, when it becomes chronic, can be a threat to patients and it is very common to observe a fear of pain and a fear of movement (kinesiophobia). Avoidance of movement due to fear of pain can lead to a deterioration of body image. Non-medicinal therapies are essential to correct this fear and movement avoidance behavior, to decrease "catastrophic" judgments and thus anxiety. The use of art-therapy in the accompaniment of patients with pain has shown, in particular, decreases in the intensity of pain, the level of anxiety, an improvement in stress, mood and overall psychological state. However, according to the current literature, it appears that 1) this technique is rarely used in children or adolescents, for whom non-medicinal therapies are fundamental, and 2) in the case of chronic pain, the form of art used is very rarely related to the body (most often painting, drawing, music...).

In this project, investigators propose to set up and test the potential benefit of art-therapy sessions related to the body, namely dance-therapy, in adolescents and young adults suffering from chronic pain.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain
• Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
• Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dance-therapy

This session will take place once a week between weeks 1 and 15 of the protocol. * 5 mn of welcome and presentation of the upcoming session * 5 mn of self-evaluation of the pain as well as of the thymia and the fatigue before the beginning of the session (Visual numerical scales: VNS) * 15 mn of body warm-up with taught contemporary dance exercises * 15 mn of creative research based on dance improvisation on a given theme * 15 mn of sharing for the elaboration of a choreography * At the end of the session, 5mn of self-evaluation of the pain, the thymia, the fatigue and the level of appreciation of the session (VNS). After the session, the patient will be asked to think about the next session if he/she wishes (e.g. think of a choreography, remember what was done etc. ....) in order to encourage the commitment to care. These sessions will be based on contemporary dance and dance improvisation techniques.

BEHAVIORAL

Art-therapy

This session will take place once a week between weeks 1 and 15 of the protocol. * 5 mn of welcome and presentation of the upcoming session * 5 mn of self-evaluation of the pain as well as of the thymia and the fatigue before the beginning of the session (Visual numerical scales: VNS) * 10 mn of discovery of a new technique (acrylic painting or collage). * 35 mn of practice in a project fixed beforehand * At the end of the session, 5mn of self-evaluation of the pain, the thymia, the fatigue and the level of appreciation of the session (VNS). After the session, the patient will be asked to think about the next session (e.g. collecting plants for collage....) in order to encourage commitment to the treatment. The sessions will be based on acrylic painting or collage techniques.

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga

This session will take place once a week between weeks 1 and 15 of the protocol. * 5 mn welcome * 5 mn of self-evaluation of the pain as well as of the thymia and the fatigue before the beginning of the session (Visual numerical scales: VNS) * 50 mn of Vinyasa type yoga (warm-up, breathing, balance, strength and flexibility, relaxation) * 5 mn of closing of the session * At the end of the session, 5mn of self-evaluation of the pain thanks, the thymia, the fatigue and the level of appreciation of the session (VNS). These sessions engage the body without entering into a therapy protocol turned towards art as in the two previous interventions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospices Civils de Lyon

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Max Age

20 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-05-31

Primary Completion

2029-12-31

Completion

2029-12-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations