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Differences in Pain Processing Between Men and Women

NCT05031286 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2023-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many chronic pain conditions show clear differences between between men and women, such as reported pain intensities or treatment effects, with chronic pain conditions being generally more frequent in women. Yet, the underlying mechanisms causing these differences are poorly understood. Central sensitization (CS) is considered one important mechanism in pain patients which differs between female and male patients. The central hypothesis is that already in the healthy population CS processes are more pronounced in women than in men.

Conditions

  • Central Sensitisation

Interventions

OTHER

Cutaneous thermal stimuli

Application of thermal stimuli of different intensities to the skin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Balgrist University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Petra Schweinhardt, MD, PhD · Department of Chiropractic Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-01
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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