Psychological Context Effects

NCT ID: NCT03855254

Last Updated: 2019-02-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-01

Study Completion Date

2019-01-10

Brief Summary

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This study explores how contextual effects in the fore of positive and negative communication can affect the effect of an osteopathic technique on pain pressure thresholds.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Positive Communication (Primary) Negative Communication Control Condition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Positive communication

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

communication type

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Positive and negative communication types are the way that the practitioner communicates to the participant about the potential effectiveness of the osteopathic treatment. The control is a neutral communication condition.

Control (neutral communication)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Negative communication

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

communication type

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Positive and negative communication types are the way that the practitioner communicates to the participant about the potential effectiveness of the osteopathic treatment. The control is a neutral communication condition.

Interventions

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communication type

Positive and negative communication types are the way that the practitioner communicates to the participant about the potential effectiveness of the osteopathic treatment. The control is a neutral communication condition.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Positive communication Negative communication Control

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Health volunteers with no forms of existing pain.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants with existing pain.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Swansea University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Darren Edwards

Principle Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Swansea University

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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SwanseaU1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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