Online pain neuroscience education and graded exposure to movement in breast cancer survivors: protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer-related chronic pain is an important sequelae that damages the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. Pain neuroscience education and graded exposure to movement are therapeutic tools that have been shown to be effective in the management of chronic pain in other populations. However, there are no previous studies that combine them after breast cancer.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of an online physiotherapy focused-person program which combines pain neuroscience education and graded exposure to movement for quality of life improvement in breast cancer survivors.

Methodology

This protocol is a randomized controlled trial with a sample size of 40 breast cancer survivors with pain in the last 6 months. Participants will be allocated to

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Miranda P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10933039 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature