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Effects of Acute Pain on Motor Learning in Young vs Older Adults

NCT05471557 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2025-12-10

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Summary

To date, the effects of pain on motor learning have not been thoroughly investigated, particularly in older adults. Broadly, the purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of acute pain on locomotor learning and its retention in older adults. The investigators hypothesize that acute pain impairs retention of locomotor learning in young and older adults and that in older adults, these deficits are worsened and are related to the degree of normal age-related cognitive decline.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

pain delivery

Experimental pain paradigm delivered that is short-term and painful but not harmful.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Delaware

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susanne M Morton, PhD · University of Delaware

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-20
Primary Completion
2025-06-05
Completion
2025-06-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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