Status:

RECRUITING

Community-based Exercise for Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Lead Sponsor:

University of Limerick

Conditions:

Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Chronic pain management services in Ireland are severely under-resourced. There is a key opportunity for community-based exercise to address some of the needs of people early in their chronic pain jou...

Detailed Description

The investigators have trained exercise trainers in Pain neuroscience and they will lead a set of classes, adapted to the needs of people with chronic pain. In addition, the investigators have conduct...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants will be aged 50 or older,
  • report chronic MSK pain of ≥3 months duration,
  • not currently meeting the exercise guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week (determined using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

Exclusion

  • Participants will be excluded if they have health conditions which could be worsened by exercise (e.g. neurological, or cardiovascular conditions, post-exertional malaise (screened using the DePaul Post-Exertional Malaise Questionnaire have recently undergone trauma or surgery, or have significant mobility issues which would limit exercise participation.
  • Participants who are unable to communicate in English sufficiently to complete consent or baseline assessment will be excluded

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

72 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06535633

Start Date

September 1 2024

End Date

November 1 2025

Last Update

December 12 2024

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University of Limerick, Ireland

Limerick, Ireland, V94 TPPX