Effectiveness of multimodal circuit exercises for chronic musculoskeletal pain in older adults: a randomized controlled trial protocol

• Autor(a) principal: Daniele B. G. Ribeiro
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Paulo R. V. Gentil, Renan Alves Resende, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro, Sérgio T. D. Fonseca, Wagner R. Martins
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/65099; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-4977; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-3278; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2382-0787; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-8744; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0709-7373
• topic: Aged; Exercise; Musculoskeletal pain; Chronic pain; Idoso; Exercício físico; Dor musculoesquelética; Dor crônica

Studies have shown that musculoskeletal pain is one of the most prevalent health conditions that affects many individuals worldwide. In older adults, persistent pain is a widely prevalent and a disabling condition of multiple contributing factors: physical, mental, and social. Consequently, their quality of life is hampered. We aimed to analyze the effectiveness of a multimodal circuit exercise program on chronic musculoskeletal pain and disabling in older adults. This is a randomized parallel study (two arms) with blinded outcome assessments. The participants’ recruitment will be done by a non-probabilistic sampling resulting from invitations to Basic Health Units (BHU). The sample size estimation indicated 164 participants. Participants will be allocated, by means of a randomization process, to one of two groups (82 for each group): Experimental Group (multimodal circuit exercise) or Control Group (cycle of multidisciplinary lectures on pain and stretching exercise). All analyses will be processed using the RStudio software, with significance when a p-value of 2 tails is less than 5% (p<0.05). Statistical analysis will follow the intention to treat. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04719130, January 20, 2021.