NCT04621162

Effects of Expectations on Hypoalgesia Produced by Mental Practice

Evaluation of the Influence of Cognitive Variables in Hypoalgesia Generated by Motor Imagery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The main objective of this research work is to evaluate and quantify the hypoalgesia generated by motor imagery influenced by the presence of expectations.

Conditions

• Cognitive Change

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Positive Expectations (initial)	A positive expectation of the effect of motor imagery will be given before beginning the mental practice of imagination. "This task will generate hypoalgesia"
BEHAVIORAL	Negative Expectations (initial)	A negative expectation of the effect of motor imagery will be given before beginning the mental practice of imagination. "This task will not generate hypoalgesia"
BEHAVIORAL	Neutral Expectations (initial)	This group will act as a control. No expectations will be given that will influence the participant.
BEHAVIORAL	Positive Expectations (during intervention)	A positive expectation will be given during the performance of the mental practice. "This is working very well"
BEHAVIORAL	Experimental: Negative Expectations (during intervention)	A negative expectation will be given during the performance of the mental practice. "This is working very bad"
BEHAVIORAL	Neutral Expectations (during intervention)	This group will act as a control. No expectations will be given that will influence the participant.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-30
• Primary completion: 2021-07-01
• Completion: 2021-07-30
• First posted: 2020-11-09
• Last updated: 2020-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain