Neuroscience Education in Shoulder Pain: Clinical Trial

Launched by UNIVERSIDAD DE LEÓN · Dec 12, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

A randomised controlled trial was performed. Fifty-five patients satisfied eligibility criteria, agreed to participate, and were randomized into an experimental group (n = 27) or control group (n =28). A manual therapy and exercises program was administered for both groups. In addition, a pain neuroscience education protocol was administered for the experimental group for a whole period of 4 weeks (1 session/week, 75mins per session).

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Being 18-70 years of age.
• • History of shoulder pain of more than 3 months duration.
• • Presence of a painful arc
• • Medical diagnosis of shoulder pain with at least 2 positive impingement tests including Neer, Hawkins, or Jobe test
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
• • Pregnancy.
• • A history of traumatic onset of shoulder pain.
• • Other histories of shoulder injury.
• • Torn tendons.
• • Ligamentous laxity based on a positive Sulcus and apprehension tests.
• • Numbness or tingling in the upper extremity.
• • Previous shoulder or cervical spine surgery.
• • Systemic illness.
• • Corticosteroid injection on the shoulder within 1 year of the study.
• • Physical therapy 6 months before the study.