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QST in Context With Conditioned Pain Modulation

NCT01618604 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2013-01-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) is a phenomenon which isn't examined enough. Many factors of influence such as gender, age and psyche are already known - but the duration of such effects, their reliability and the correlation between standardized Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) and CPM is still unknown.

In this study the investigators expect to find parameters in QST that correlate with the efficacy of Conditioned Pain Modulation. Knowing factors that indicate high or low potential CPM could help finding patients-at-risk and adapting their therapy.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Quantitative Sensory Testing

following the standardized protocol of DFNS

PROCEDURE

Conditioned Pain Modulation

test stimulus by hot thermode conditioned stimulus by cold water bath

PROCEDURE

Repetition of four QST parameters

* warm detection threshold (WDT) * cold detection threshold (CDT) * mechanical detection threshold (MDT) * mechanical pain threshold (MPT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ruhr University of Bochum

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christoph Maier, Prof. Dr. med · University hospital Bergmannsheil department of pain management

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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