NCT06095687

Mind-body Therapies for Injury-related Pain Management in Elite Athletes

Investigating the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation and Clinical Hypnosis for Injury-related Pain Management in Elite Athletes

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Queensland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will utilize a replicated single case experimental design (RSCD) to investigate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness meditation (MM) vs clinical hypnosis (HYP) training for improving pain in injured elite athletes. The primary outcome is change in pain intensity. It is hypothesized that: (1) both treatments will engender clinically meaningful improvement in pain intensity; (2) change in cognitive processes will be a unique mechanism underlying improved pain outcome in MM, and (3) change in cognitive content will be a unique mechanism underlying improved pain outcome in HYP. This research program has the potential to reduce athletes' uncertainty around pain, time out with injury and improve pain management during rehabilitation and recovery from injury.

Detailed description

The proposed program of research will utilize our current understanding of the Behavioral Inhibition System and Behavioral Activation System (BIS-BAS) model of pain and mind-body therapies and apply it to pain experienced by injured elite athletes. This study will be a replicated single case experimental design (RSCD), which will investigate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness meditation (MM) vs clinical hypnosis (HYP) training for improving the primary outcome of pain intensity in injured elite athletes. It will also investigate the potential mechanism role of change in cognitive content and cognitive processes in underlying the effects of these mind-body therapies. It is hypothesized that: (1) both treatments will engender clinically meaningful improvement in pain intensity; (2) change in cognitive processes will be a unique mechanism underlying improved pain outcome in MM, and (3) change in cognitive content will be a unique mechanism underlying improved pain outcome in HYP. This research program has the potential to reduce athletes' uncertainty around pain, time out with injury and improve pain management during rehabilitation and recovery from injury.

Conditions

• Pain, Acute

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Meditation	Five, 20-minute audio-recorded training sessions of mindfulness of breath and body meditation, practiced over consecutive days, delivered remotely via Qualtrics.
BEHAVIORAL	Clinical Hypnosis	Five, 20-minute audio-recorded training sessions of clinical hypnosis with suggestions targeting pain management, practiced over consecutive days, delivered remotely via Qualtrics.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-05
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2023-10-23
• Last updated: 2024-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia