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Effects of Including a Chronic Pain Neuroscience Education Program for Individuals With Knee OA
Sponsor: University of Nove de Julho
Summary
Research participants diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis will be randomized through a draw using sealed opaque envelopes indicating two groups: 1. therapeutic exercises, 2. therapeutic exercises + chronic pain neuroscience education program. The primary outcome will be functional performance using a patient-reported measure, the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS). The selected secondary outcomes will be pain intensity by the numerical pain scale (END), physical function reported by the patient by the patient-specific functional scale (EFEP), Pain self-efficacy questionnaire (PSEQ), functional mobility by the timed up and test (TUG), general effect perceived through the global perception scale (EPG), muscle strength through Maximum Voluntary Isometric Contraction (MVIC) and functionality and disability through the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS).
Official title: Effects of Including a Chronic Pain Neuroscience Education Program for Individuals With Knee OA: Randomized, Blinded Clinical Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
88
Start Date
2024-05-28
Completion Date
2026-12-15
Last Updated
2026-03-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Therapeutic exercises
The therapeutic exercise program will include warm-up, resistance, neuromuscular, mobility, and balance exercises. Over ten weeks, two sessions of the therapeutic exercise program will be carried out individually, lasting approximately 60 minutes each-a total of 20 therapeutic exercise sessions. Therapeutic exercise sessions will be carried out at least 24 hours between sessions. Therapeutic exercises will be performed in up to three sets of 8-12 repetitions or 30-60 seconds each, with rest intervals of 90 seconds between sets.
Therapeutic exercises + pain neuroscience education program
In addition to the therapeutic exercise protocol previously reported in the control group, research participants allocated to the experimental group will undergo an education program in the neurosciences of chronic pain carried out one day a week between the two therapeutic exercise sessions lasting ten weeks. The chronic pain neuroscience education program will be based on three domains. Making sense of pain, Exposure with control, and Lifestyle changes also urge modifications aimed at improving sleep, stress, and anxiety.
Locations (1)
Nove de Julho University
São Paulo, Brazil