Changes in Radicular Pain and Pain Modulation
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Back Pain
- Back Pain With Radiation
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: Non-RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The study has a cohort design and will include a patient group (male and female) attending a treatment program at the Spine Centre of Southern Denmark and an equally large control group matched on age and gender.Masking: Single (Participant)Masking Description: The participants are not informed about test results during or after the sessions. The test equipment is computer controlled and user independent.Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 60 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Few studies have investigated pain modulatory mechanisms using QST in patients with lumbar radiculopathy due to nerve root compression. Knowledge about the association between changes in the experience of pain and changes measures of pain modulation is to our knowledge limited. The results could pot...
Few studies have investigated pain modulatory mechanisms using QST in patients with lumbar radiculopathy due to nerve root compression. Knowledge about the association between changes in the experience of pain and changes measures of pain modulation is to our knowledge limited. The results could potentially contribute to knowledge about mechanisms involved in lumbar radiculopathy and facilitate future studies. The hypotheses of the study are: 1) Measures of pain modulation will be less efficient among patients with lumbar radiculopathy showing reduced pain inhibition and facilitated temporal summation compared to healthy controls. 2) Improvements in pain modulation will be associated with improvements in clinical pain outcomes
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04193969
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Berit Schiøtzz-Christensen, Professor Research department of Spine Center of Southern Denmark
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