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Research: Preoperative Pain Neuroscience Education for Shoulder Surgery

August 14, 2020 • Pain Science • Adriaan Louw

Recent research from the EIM pain science team is published in the South African Journal of Physiotherapy. Their study examined how patients responded to pain neuroscience education (PNE) prior to shoulder surgery.

Here are some key takeaways:

  • Patients received a 30-minute, one-on-one PNE session prior to surgery
  • There was a significant reduction in fear-avoidance before surgery
  • There was a significant improvement in active flexion before surgery
  • Patients showed a significant increase in pressure-pain threshold on the shoulder having surgery
  • Conclusion: Preoperative PNE may be beneficial for a sub-group of patients undergoing shoulder surgery

You can read the full paper here, or access it online here.

South African Journal of Physiotherapy | Vol 76, No 1 | a1417 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v76i1.1417 | © 2020 Adriaan Louw, Debra Rico, Leigh Langerwerf, Nicholas Maiers, Ina Diener, Terry Cox | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 14 January 2020 | Published: 11 August 2020

Adriaan Louw

Adriaan earned his undergraduate, master’s degree and PhD in physiotherapy from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an adjunct faculty member at St. Ambrose University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, teaching pain science. Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 25 years at numerous national and...

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