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

Aveiro University

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Treatments

Other: Physical exercise program

Other: Neural mobilization techniques

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06667830

RCT2

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

70 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or older
People with primary or secondary chronic musculoskeletal pain in any body site
People able to walk independently

Exclusion criteria

Individuals undergoing surgery in the last 3 months
Patients with a self-reported diagnoses of infection diseases, dementia, tumor/cancer, stroke, uncontrolled diabetes, or at high risk of developing cardiovascular events
Those with physical limitations that make it impossible for them to carry out the intervention protocols independently (e.g., wheelchair user)
Patients who are receiving another physical therapy intervention to treat their pain.