Pain Neuroscience Education for Older Adults

Pain Neuroscience Education for Older Adults With Pain From Primary Care: a Feasibility Study

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using pain neuroscience education for older adults with chronic pain from primary care services. It will have a group of participants receiving pain neuroscience education and exercise and a group receiving usual care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• be able to read and write and have chronic pain (defined as pain lasting 3 months or more and felt at least once a week during these 3 months ) anywhere in the body.

Exclusion Criteria:

• presence of pathology of the nervous or cardiovascular systems, cancer, or having had a surgery in the last 6 months or the presence of a condition for which the practice of therapeutic exercise could be contraindicated.