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Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Pain Thresholds and Sensory Perception in Chronic Pain Patients.

NCT01137617 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2020-07-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to better understand how the Spinal Cord Stimulator works in relieving chronic pain.

The investigators are asking subject to take part in this study because who are chronic pain patients who already have a Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) in place.

The investigators hypothesize that chronic pain patients will have higher heat pain threshold and heat pain tolerance over the painful areas with the SCS on.

QST (Quantitative Sensory Testing, a heat/cold simulation test) might be an objective helpful tool for prudent patient selection for an expensive and invasive procedure for future SCS placement.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shihab Ahmed, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2016-12-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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