Status:

UNKNOWN

Conditioned Pain Modulation in Chronic Neck Pain Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Peking University People's Hospital

Conditions:

Neck Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-80 years

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in local and segmental hypersensitivity and endogenous pain inhibition in people with chronic nonspecific neck pain.

Detailed Description

Quantitative sensory testing is widely used in human research to investigate the state of the peripheral and central nervous system contributions in pain processing. It is a valuable tool to help iden...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Chronic neck pain subjects
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age 21-80 years old.
  • People must have experienced neck pain for at least 3 months and have reported a minimal pain level of 30 (pain threshold) on the 0-100 pain numerical rating scale (NRS) in the last 7 days.
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Age under 21 or over 80.
  • Patients were excluded if they had taken pain medications on the day of the assessment or if they had serious spinal pathologies, such as fractures, tumors or inflammatory diseases, such as ankylosing spondylitis, nerve root compromise confirmed by clinical neurological tests or severe cardiorespiratory diseases.
  • Those who were pregnant, patients with cancer and those with a cardiac pacemaker were also excluded.
  • Healthy volunteers
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age 21-80 years old.
  • These participants must not have presented episodes of low back pain for more than 7 days in the last 12 months.
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Age below 21 or over 80 years old.
  • These participants have presented episodes of low back pain for more than 7 days in the last 12 months.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 1 2018

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    August 1 2018

    Estimated Enrollment :

    30 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03362203

    Start Date

    January 1 2018

    End Date

    August 1 2018

    Last Update

    December 5 2017

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    Peking University People's Hospital

    Beijing, China, 100044