Exercise as Medicine for Pediatric Chronic Pain
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10-17
SponsorBoston Children's Hospital
About this trial
Youth with chronic pain struggle to go to school, play sports, or spend time with friends and family due to pain. Medications are often ineffective, and aerobic exercise may improve both pain sensitivity and participation in valued life activities. This study will be the first to examine the impact of a single session of intense aerobic exercise on pain sensitivity measures in youth with and without chronic pain syndromes to help determine if aerobic exercise can improve pain and functioning.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Primary or secondary chronic pain syndrome
Disqualifiers
Allodynia (pain with light touch) at testing sites (non-dominant forearm)
Self-reported use of opioids in last week
Comorbid condition for which exercise is deemed unsafe by a physician or the (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire+) PARQ+
unable to safely ambulate on a treadmill
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Aerobic Exercise
Treatment groups
66 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov