Do Emotions Affect Mechanical Pain Thresholds in Individuals with Chronic Pain?
ConditionPRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19+
SponsorLinnaeus University
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate if different emotional states could influence mechanical pain thresholds in individuals with chronic pain.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Above 18 years of age
Fluent in Swedish
Persistent chronic pain with duration > 6 months
Disqualifiers
Known neurological disease
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Emotional intervention
Other interventionNegative emotional intervention
Emotional intervention
Other interventionPositive emotional intervention
Treatment groups
152 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsGroup A: Negative emotional conditionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Positive emotional conditionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Neutral emotional conditionSham comparator 1 intervention
Group D: No emotional conditionSham comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Pressure pain thresholds will be measured in kPa
Pressure pain thresholds will be measured in kPa using a handheld algometer (Somedic AB).
Time frame
The measurement takes place at the intervention session. First a baseline measurement is conducted, then comes the intervention and then the intervention measurement takes place.Locations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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