The Effect of Neuroscience Pain Education on Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

The Effect of Neuroplastic Pain Education on Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Who Treated Via Manual Therapy: a Single Blind Randomized Controlled Study

Manual therapy are among the therapeutic approaches frequently used in chronic low back pain (CLBP). Although most clinicians conduct patient education according biomedical model of pain, a relatively new approach which is referred to as neuroscience pain education (NPE) is promising in patients with CLBP. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate whether NPE in patients with CLBP who treated via manual therapy technique will produce different outcomes in terms of pain severity and QoL compared to traditional patient education.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteered to participate in the study.
• Patients with 18-65 years
• Had low back pain for at least 6 months,
• Reported pain severity of 5 or greater according to the numeric pain rating scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous spine or lower extremity surgery
• Severe osteoporosis
• Spondyloarthropathy
• Spondylolisthesis
• Lumbar stenosis
• Lumbar fractures
• Malign tumor