Patient education for home exercise in back, knee or shoulder pain
Tests education for home exercise in back, knee, shoulder pain.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Where
- Dammam, Saudi ArabiaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- How Patient Education Helps Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders Stick to Home Exercise for Pain Relief.
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 120 people, planned
- Started
- 12 Apr 2026
- Expected to end
- 30 Jun 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Educational with musculoskeletal condition
- Standard physical therapy program
- Record updated
- 13 August 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for people with long-lasting low back pain, knee osteoarthritis or a partial rotator cuff tear in the shoulder. It tests whether education helps people keep doing home exercises.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Chronic low back pain lasting more than three months, knee osteoarthritis, or a partial tear of the rotator cuff (shoulder tendons).
Main reasons for not taking part
- Recent (acute) injuries
- Inflammatory diseases that affect the whole body
- Nerve problems that make exercise hard
- Memory or thinking problems that make it hard to understand the education materials
- Taking part in other rehabilitation programs
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Chronic low back pain patients (more than three months)
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Patients with partial Rotator cuff tear
Who cannot take part
- Systemic inflammatory conditions
- Cognitive impairment preventing understanding of education materials
- Acute injuries
- Neurological deficits affecting exercise
- Participation in other rehabilitation programs
Where in Saudi Arabia
- King Fahd Hospital of the UniversityDammam, Saudi ArabiaContact: Dr.Walaa H. Elsayed, PT PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured patient education program in enhancing adherence to prescribed home exercise regimens in individuals with chronic low back pain, knee osteoarthritis, and shoulder pain.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Standard care + Home ProgramExisting treatment, for comparison
Active Control
Treatment: Standard physical therapy program
- Patients recieving standard care + home program + educationTreatment being tested
Experimental Group (Patients receiving standard care + home program + education)
Treatment: Educational with musculoskeletal condition and Standard physical therapy program
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Impact of Patient Education on Adherence to Therapeutic Exercise in Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Plain-language title
- Patient education for home exercise in back, knee or shoulder painGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 13 August 2026