Exercise as Medicine for Pediatric Chronic Pain

Part of paid clinical trials in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Study ID
NCT07182006
Status
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Conditions

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Chronic Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
10 Years - 17 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Aerobic Exercise — BEHAVIORAL
    Submaximal cardiovascular endurance testing on a treadmill

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 1, 2026
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Jan 30, 2027
Completion
Mar 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
66 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Experimental: Youth with Chronic Pain Syndromes
    Youth with chronic pain will undergo quantitative sensory testing before and immediately after a single bout of intense aerobic exercise.
  • Active Comparator: Youth without Chronic Pain Syndromes
    Youth without chronic pain will undergo quantitative sensory testing before and immediately after a single bout of intense aerobic exercise. They will serve as a control group to determine if the intervention has different effects between groups.

Primary Outcome Measure

Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT) [ Time Frame: Before and after the intervention at baseline ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boston Children's Hospital at 2 Brookline PlaceBrooklineMassachusetts02445
Julie Shulman, PT, DPT, PhD, PCS
[email protected]
781-216-1650
Avery Savage, BS
[email protected]
781-216-1650

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