Effects of pain neuroscience education combined with neuromuscular exercises on pain, functional disability and psychological factors in chronic low back pain: A study protocol for a single-blind randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a prevalent health condition worldwide. Several therapeutic interventions aim to improve CLBP. Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE) helps patients better understand their pain from biological and physiological perspectives, which clinicians use to reduce pain and disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Neuromuscular exercises (NMS) are also treatments adopted in CLBP. This study will investigate whether PNE combined with an NMS program improves pain, functional and psychological outcomes more than NMS alone in patients with CLBP.

Methods

In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 60 patients (male and female; age range, 30-60 years) diagnosed with CLBP will be randomly assigned to one of the following grou

SUBMITTER: Alvani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534247 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature