Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05625776
Effects of Acute Pain on Cognitive Performance in Young Adults
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 23 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 35 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The effects of pain on cognitive performance have not been thoroughly investigated. Broadly, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of acute pain on performance of a variety of cognitive performance measures. The investigators hypothesize that acute pain impairs cognitive performance, particularly cognitive measures of working memory, attention, and processing speed.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | pain delivery with capsaicin and heat | Experimental pain paradigm delivered (capsaicin cream combined with heat) that is short-term and painful but not harmful |
| PROCEDURE | distractor delivery with sensory TENS | Distractor stimulus delivered (sensory TENS electrical stimulation) that is short-term and attention-demanding but not painful |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-03-22
- Primary completion
- 2023-11-16
- Completion
- 2023-11-16
- First posted
- 2022-11-23
- Last updated
- 2023-12-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05625776. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.