Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education Using an Infographic in Basketball Elite Athletes

University of Malaga

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elite Basketball Athletes

Treatments: Behavioral: Powerpoint; Behavioral: Infographic

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05037786

Infographic in elite athletes

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention supported by an infographic versus that supported by PowerPoint on the understanding of pain in elite athletes.

Secondary objective: to analyze whether a greater understanding of pain has effects on the intensity, extent and characteristics of pain experienced in the year after the intervention.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elite athletes over 18 years of age from the ACB Unicaja Basketball team during years 2021-2022

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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11 participants in 2 patient groups

Powerpoint group

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the control group, there will be a face-to-face intervention of 15 minutes of education on pain explained by Verbal form with supporting Powerpoint presentation. The educational intervention will be carried out by one of the Unicaja Baloncesto Physiotherapists (research assistant), previously instructed by the research team.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Powerpoint

Infographic group

Experimental group

Description:

In the intervention group, the same pain education will be carried out, explained verbally but with the support of an infographic instead of a Powerpoint. The educational intervention will be carried out by one of the Unicaja Baloncesto Physiotherapists (research assistant), previously instructed by the research team.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Infographic