Mind Body Intervention for Chronic Upper Extremity Pain (Repetitive Stress Injury)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Summary
The goal of this nonrandomized pilot study is to test a mind-body interventional approach for the treatment of chronic upper extremity pain or repetitive stress injury of the upper extremity (wrist/shoulder/elbow). 1. To determine if a mind-body intervention improves upper extremity functional capacity (ie., Disability of Arm Shoulder Hand - DASH) among people with chronic wrist, elbow, and shoulder pain 2. To determine if a mind-body intervention decreases pain intensity, pain-related anxiety, and overall somatic complaints in our trial participants. 3. To tailor the intervention and the outcomes assessment procedures for conducting a trial in a population with upper extremity pain.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–60 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult (≥ 18 years of age) 2. A disability score ≥ 40 as per the QuickDASH survey 3. Presence of pain and perceived disability for a minimum of 3 months 4. Willing to engage in a Mind-Body intervention 5. Positive visualization test (onset of pain when patients visualize themselves performing tasks that generally bring on pain) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Clear organic diagnosis of pain (e.g., cancer, infection, etc…) not inclusive of non-specific findings on imaging studies (e.g., mild arthritis) 2. Age greater than 60 years (due to an increased risk of there being an orga…
Interventions
- BehavioralMind-Body Intervention
The mind-body intervention will include regular approximate 2 hour educational sessions and didactics learning mind body techniques. The sessions will be twice per week for the first 4 weeks and then subsequently once per week for a total of 13 weeks.
Location
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts