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Pain Neuroscience Education For Low Back Pain For Patients With PTSD

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November 2025

Pain Neuroscience Education For Low Back Pain For Patients With PTSD

Vol: 307| Issue: 11| Number:46| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Pain neuroscience education improves post-traumatic stress disorder, disability, and pain self-efficacy in veterans and service members with chronic low back pain: Preliminary results from a randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up.

Mil Psychol . 2024 Jul 3;36(4):376-392.

Contributing Authors:
TM Benedict AJ Nitz MK Gambrel A Louw

Synopsis

Thirty-nine patients with chronic low back pain and possible PTSD were randomized to receive pain neuroscience education (PNE; n=18) or traditional education (n=21), each followed by the same 10-station exercise circuit once weekly for 4 weeks. The primary outcome of interest was PTSD symptom severity (PCL-5); disability (RMDQ) and pain (NPRS) were co-primary in the analysis plan. Secondary outcom...

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