Mind Body Intervention for Chronic Upper Extremity Pain (Repetitive Stress Injury)
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mind-Body Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain Syndrome, Repetitive Stress Injury. Basic parameters: 18 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this nonrandomized pilot study is to test a mind-body interventional approach for the treatment of chronic upper extremity pain or repetitive stress injury of the upper extremity (wrist/shoulder/elbow). 1. To determine if a mind-body intervention improves upper extremity functional capacity (ie., Disability of Arm Shoulder Hand - DASH) among people with chronic wrist, elbow, and shoulder pain 2. To determine if a mind-body intervention decreases pain intensity, pain-related anxiety, and overall somatic complaints in our trial participants. 3. To tailor the intervention and the outcomes assessment procedures for conducting a trial in a population with upper extremity pain.
Interventions
- Behavioral Mind-Body Intervention
The mind-body intervention will include regular approximate 2 hour educational sessions and didactics learning mind body techniques. The sessions will be twice per week for the first 4 weeks and then subsequently once per week for a total of 13 weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) [Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 13 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Upper Extremity Function Scale [Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 13 weeks]
- Brief Pain Inventory Questionnaire (Short Form) [Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 13 weeks]
- Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale (short form 20) [Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 13 weeks]
- Somatic Symptom Score (SSS-8) [Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 13 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult (≥ 18 years of age)
- A disability score ≥ 40 as per the QuickDASH survey
- Presence of pain and perceived disability for a minimum of 3 months
- Willing to engage in a Mind-Body intervention
- Positive visualization test (onset of pain when patients visualize themselves performing tasks that generally bring on pain)
Exclusion criteria
- Clear organic diagnosis of pain (e.g., cancer, infection, etc…) not inclusive of non-specific findings on imaging studies (e.g., mild arthritis)
- Age greater than 60 years (due to an increased risk of there being an organic/physical cause for their pain and confounding results)
- Diagnosis of cognitive impairment or dementia
- Active addiction disorder, e.g. cocaine or IV heroin use, that would interfere with study participation
- Major psychiatric comorbidity (e.g., schizophrenia). Anxiety and mild-moderate depression are not considered in this category
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06903962 · 2023P000579