NCT04539171

Pain Neuroscience Education and Physical Exercise Program in Fibromyalgia

Effectiveness of a Group Intervention Through Education in Pain Neurophysiology and Exercise in Women With Fibromyalgia: a Quasi-experimental Study in Primary Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 53 (actual)
• Sponsor: Maimónides Biomedical Research Institute of Córdoba · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effects of a pain neuroscience education (PNE) and physical exercise (PE) program in women with fibromyalgia. The intervention group receives PNE and PE program supervised by a physiotherapist and a Family Doctor and the control group standard care, in primary care.

Detailed description

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of a PNE and PE in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Design: Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomized study, in Primary Care facilities. Intervention: 6 weekly sessions (2 hours each), and a reminder session one month later. Main measurements: Compliance with FM criteria, assessed using the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and the Severity of Symptoms (SS) questionnaires, impact of FM in daily life (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire: FIQ) and quality of live. Assessments are made at baseline, one month following the 6th session, and during the 6- and 12-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pain Neuroscience Education and Physical Exercise	Patients assigned to the experimental group perform a PNE program consisting of seven sessions, with therapeutic PE. PNE is a health education intervention aims to provide up-to-date information on neuroscience advances in the field of chronic pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-15
• Primary completion: 2019-10-31
• Completion: 2019-10-31
• First posted: 2020-09-04
• Last updated: 2020-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain