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Effects of Acute Pain vs Context Change on Motor Learning Retention in Young Adults

NCT05626582 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2024-07-12

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Summary

To date, the effects of pain on motor learning have not been thoroughly investigated. When examining potential effects on retention of motor learning, it is important to dissociate any effects of pain from effects of a context change. The purpose of this research is to determine whether any altered retention of motor learning associated with acute pain is a true affect of pain or an affect of context (or both).

Conditions

  • Pain, Acute
  • Motor Activity

Interventions

PROCEDURE

pain delivery - learning only

Experimental pain paradigm delivered (capsaicin cream combined with heat) that is short-term and painful but not harmful. Applied to skin just during the Day 1 learning period.

PROCEDURE

pain delivery - learning and retention

Experimental pain paradigm delivered (capsaicin cream combined with heat) that is short-term and painful but not harmful. Applied to skin during the Day 1 learning period and again during the Day 2 retention period.

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
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-11
Primary Completion
2024-05-15
Completion
2024-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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