Pain Neuroscience and Exercise for Chronic Spine Pain: A Critical Look (ptpodcast.com)

• RCT of 120 chronic spinal pain patients
• PNE plus cognition-targeted motor control vs. traditional PT
• Significant but clinically small improvements
• Critique of overstated conclusions by authors
• Highlights need for further research with larger effect sizes

"A 2018 JAMA Neurology RCT compared pain neuroscience education (PNE) plus cognition-targeted motor control training vs. traditional physiotherapy for chronic spinal pain. Results favored PNE but with small effect sizes and clinical relevance questioned. PT Inquest podcast with Kenny Venere analyzes the study, highlighting potential overstatement of conclusions."