A Pilot Randomized Trial of Pain Neuroscience Education in the Rehabilitation After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Patients received 24 sessions, in an 8-week period, of multimodal physiotherapy (therapeutic heat, manual therapy and exercises) along with four sessions of pain neuroscience education. The latter was focused on the influence of psychosocial factors in the experience of pain, differences between acute and chronic pain and central-peripheral awareness.

Patients received 24 sessions, in an 8-week period, of multimodal physiotherapy (therapeutic heat, manual therapy and exercises) along with four sessions of biomedical education. The latter was focused on the anatomy and pathomechanics of the shoulder.