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Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education With Sensory Discrimination Training Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Sponsor: Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences
Summary
The current study is a double-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled trial involving 80 participants with chronic low back pain. The trial will compare a program of Pain Neuroscience Education plus Sensory Discrimination Training and core stability exercises with a program of Pain Neuroscience Education and core stability exercises alone. Interventions will be delivered twice weekly for eight weeks. The primary outcome is pain catastrophizing. Secondary outcomes include kinesiophobia and functional movements. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, 4, and 8 weeks. The trial will be carried out at Nutricao Lahore Clinic and Model Town Hospital, Lahore. The hypothesis is that Pain Neuroscience Education with Sensory Discrimination Training will result in greater reductions in pain catastrophizing and kinesiophobia, as well as improvements in functional movements.
Official title: Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education With Sensory Discrimination Training on Pain Catastrophizing, Kinesiophobia and Functional Movements Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
19 Years - 44 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2025-12
Completion Date
2026-02
Last Updated
2025-12-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Pain Neuroscience Education with Sensory Discrimination Training and Core Stability Exercises
Although both Pain Neuroscience Education and Sensory Discrimination Training have demonstrated potential benefits individually, there is a paucity of research evaluating their combined effects. Integrating cognitive (PNE) and sensorimotor (SDT) approaches may produce synergistic effects, improving pain modulation, functional capacity, and psychological resilience.
Pain Neuroscience Education and Core stability Exercises
Participants in the control group will receive the same 45-minute sessions twice per week, but will not receive sensory discrimination training.