NCT03863847

A Neurofeedback Treatment for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Aalborg University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effects of a novel neurofeedback treatment on pain specific brainwaves in adults. Chronic pain patients enrolled in this study will be randomized into a treatment group and a sham group.

Detailed description

Recent research has underlined that central nervous system structures play a key role in the development of pain with significant maladaptive plasticity occurring in several brain areas. Non-pharmacological treatments, such as neurofeedback, are designed to restore normal brain function alongside with relieving pain symptoms. With a neurofeedback approach, the patient is provided with a feedback on specific brain waves recorded using non-invasive recording techniques (electroencephalography - EEG) and visualized on a screen.

Conditions

• Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
• Tennis Elbow
• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Lateral Epicondylitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Neurofeedback	The patients will receive neurofeedback on pain related brain-activity, and through training, learn to control said brain-activity.
PROCEDURE	Sham	The patients will receive sham neurofeedback on non-pain related brain-activity, and through training, learn to control said brain-activity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2019-03-05
• Last updated: 2019-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark