Changes in Sensory Perception During Hypnotic Relaxation

NCT ID: NCT02261155

Last Updated: 2014-10-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

23 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-09-30

Study Completion Date

2007-08-31

Brief Summary

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Changes in sensory thresholds and pain thresholds will be measured with quantitative sensory testing (QST) before and during hypnotic relaxation in healthy volunteers. Hypnotic susceptibility will be assessed before QST.

QST data before and during hypnosis will be compared. Observed sensory changes will be evaluated in relation to the assessed hypnotic susceptibility

Detailed Description

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Healthy volunteers will be recruited and tested regarding their hypnotic susceptibility with Harvard Group Scale. In a second session QST will be performed on the right hand.Then hypnosis will be induced with the fixation method. After that the hypnotherapist will ask them to focus their attention on imagining an individual situation of well-being and calmness the volunteers had described before hypnosis. Then QST will be performed a second time on the same location. Results be compared using student's ttest.

Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hypnosis

hypnotic induction followed by relaxation and pleasant imagery

Group Type OTHER

Hypnosis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

hypnotic Relaxation without specific analgesic suggestion

Interventions

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Hypnosis

hypnotic Relaxation without specific analgesic suggestion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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hypnotic relaxation

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* healthy volunteers

Exclusion Criteria

* health conditions of any Kind
* inability to read and/ or sign informed consent
* previous hypnosis experience
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dominik Irnich

PD Dr. med.; Head of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Dominik Irnich, Pd Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Munich

References

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Kramer S, Zims R, Simang M, Ruger L, Irnich D. Hypnotic relaxation results in elevated thresholds of sensory detection but not of pain detection. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2014 Dec 15;14:496. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-496.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25511129 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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LMU 137/06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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