Music before rehab: could a specially designed playlist ease fear of movement and boost recovery?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with chronic low back pain by a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) physician, defined as lumbar pain and/or pain radiating to the lower limb that affects daily and professional activities and has lasted more than 3 months * If surgery was performed, it must have been done at least 3 months before entering the study * Adult (18 years of age or older) admitted to the day hospital at Clinique Saint-Roch for a chronic low back pain rehabilitation program * Considered able to return to work, as assessed by the PMR physician during the pre-admission consultation, with no medical contraindication to resuming professional activity * Affiliated with a French social security scheme * Has given written informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Hearing impairment that would prevent the use of the MUSIC CARE© device * Medical contraindication to hydrotherapy (balneotherapy) * Symptomatic disc herniation * Vertebral fracture or history of recent vertebral fracture within the past 2 years * Unstable spondylolisthesis * Disc-vertebral infection (spondylodiscitis) * Inflammatory rheumatic disease such as ankylosing spondylitis (spondyloarthritis) or rheumatoid arthritis * Constitutional connective tissue disorder such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or Marfan syndrome * Severe, unstabilized, or decompensated psychiatric disorder, including psychotic disorders, acute-phase bipolar disorder, or severe major depressive episode * Central nervous system neurological disease such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, or Parkinson's disease * Peripheral neuropathy of the lower limbs * Unstabilized cardiovascular disease * Active cancer treatment or cancer diagnosis within the past 2 years * Surgery for a reason other than low back pain within the past 6 months * Currently retired (not in active employment) * Currently enrolled in another interventional research study * Persons under legal protection as defined by Articles L.1121-5 to L.1121-8 of the French Public Health Code, including: * Persons under guardianship, curatorship, or judicial protection * Minors (under 18 years of age) * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Any person subject to a legal protection measure or unable to freely provide informed consent