Pain education may get people moving again
NCT ID NCT05840302
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two non-drug education programs for adults with chronic low back pain. One program teaches about pain science (Pain Neuroscience Education), while the other focuses on back mechanics (Back School). The main goal is to see if the pain science program leads to more daily physical activity, measured by a smartwatch, three months after treatment. Researchers hope that understanding pain better will help patients move more and feel better long-term.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 82 people
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- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient over 18 years of age. * Ordinary back pain according to the High Authority for Health criteria 2019 * Chronic back pain (\> 3months) * Start Back Screening Tool \> 3 * Partial hospitalization at the Lamalou-les-Bains Hospital for a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program Exclusion Criteria: * Subject with a comorbidity that limits walking (e.g. central neurological disorder) * Subject with current psychiatric or cognitive co-morbidity that does not allow educational programs to be completed * Stay following a surgical procedure of less than three months * Other specific low back pain treatment planned during the 3 months of follow-up (surgery, infiltration) * Patient participating in another clinical trial related to low back pain * Subject does not understand the French language. * Pregnant woman, parturient or nursing * Subject with a legal protection measure (guardianship, curators)
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Locations
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Hospital Center Paul Coste Floret
RECRUITINGLamalou-les-Bains, 34240, France
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