NCT06667830

Effectiveness Study of an Exercise Program for Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

A Comparative Study of Two Different Physical Exercise Programs to Improve Pain, Functional Status, and Physical Performance in Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aveiro University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal physical exercise program for older adults (\> 60 years) with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the impact of the intervention program on participants´ pain intensity (primary outcome), function, physical performance, and somatosensory function (secondary outcomes)? Participants will be assessed at 3 different moments: initial assessment (T0), at the end of the intervention protocol (10 weeks) (T1) and 3 months after the end of the intervention protocol (T2). The intervention protocol will consist of a multimodal exercise program to be carried out over a period of 10 weeks at a frequency of twice a week.

Conditions

• Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physical exercise program	The physical exercise program will consist of exercises from three different exercise modalities: aerobic training, balance exercises, and isometric exercises.
OTHER	Neural mobilization techniques	Neural mobilization techniques for the upper and lower quadrants will be actively performed by participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-31
• Primary completion: 2026-02-27
• Completion: 2026-02-27
• First posted: 2024-10-31
• Last updated: 2026-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal