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Mechanisms of Massage

NCT04108403 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2022-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators have previously found moderately painful massage produces comparable changes in pain sensitivity as a conditioned pain modulation paradigm in healthy participants suggesting shared underlying mechanisms. The researchers aim to extend these findings by understanding the influence of expectation on these findings.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Pain Inducing Massage

A pain inducing massage (pain intensity = 50/100) will be applied for 60 seconds, 4 times.

OTHER

Pain Free Massage

A pain free massage (pain intensity = 0/100) will be applied for 60 seconds, 4 times.

OTHER

Positive Expectation Instructional Set

Participants will be instructed that the massage is effective for some people with neck pain.

OTHER

Negative Expectation Instructional Set

Participants will be instructed that the massage is ineffective for some people with neck pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joel Bialosky, PT, PhD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-31
Primary Completion
2021-12-15
Completion
2021-12-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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