The purpose of the following study is to analyze the effects of a prehabilitation program based on therapeutic exercise, back care education and pain neuroscience education through the visualization of videos, compared to standardized written therapeutic exercise in patients undergoing lumbar radiculopathy surgery.
Adults aged 18 years or older, diagnosed with lumbar radiculopathy, and scheduled for surgery. The symptoms will be predominantly leg pain with or without neurological deficit, with surgical decompression justified.
Patients currently receiving any other non-pharmacological treatment or physical therapy for the management of lumbar radiculopathy.
Proposed for surgery with instrumentation (e.g., spinal fusion, arthrodesis).
Suffering from a chronic pain-related condition (e.g., fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome).
Symptoms of spinal cord compression.