NCT04888026

Impact on Pain Sensitivity of Clinical Interaction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 87 (actual)
• Sponsor: Spine Centre of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pain can currently be quantified using quantitative sensory tests (QSTs). However, we lack knowledge concerning how relational and contextual factors impact these quantitative tests. We will examine how a standard QST battery is affected by "removing" the social and human interaction from the test session compared to usual QST testing where the participant is guided through the assessment by a research assistant. Our objectives are: 1. How is the QST affected when guided by a research assistant compared to guided by a computer 2. Does the level of the assessor's empathy affect the QST outcome 3. How do psychological factors affect the QST testing 4. are these outcomes affected by the patient profile (low back pain patients vs healthy controls)

Conditions

• Pain Measurement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Quantitative sensory testing	The following QSTs are conducted: The pressure pain threshold on the tibialis anterior The Cold-pressor test Repeat of the pressure pain threshold to assess conditioned pain modulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-10
• Primary completion: 2022-03-01
• Completion: 2022-03-01
• First posted: 2021-05-17
• Last updated: 2022-12-20

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Denmark