Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients with Fibromyalgia

A total of 4 NPE (Neuroscience paine education) sessions were held, once each week in addition medical treatment similar to control group. The NPE sessions were conducted by an experienced physiotherapist certified in NPE in face-to-face, group sessions lasting 40-45 minutes. In NPE, the patient is taught about the physiology of pain, central sensitization, representation of the different body regions in the brain, pain-related changes in body perception, and the psychosocial dimensions of pain.

The patients in control group continued taking their regular gabapentin and pregabalin-derivative drug therapy at the same dosage and duration specified by their physicians.