Effects of Expectations on Hypoalgesia Produced by Mental Practice

NCT ID: NCT04621162

Last Updated: 2020-11-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-30

Study Completion Date

2021-07-30

Brief Summary

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The main objective of this research work is to evaluate and quantify the hypoalgesia generated by motor imagery influenced by the presence of expectations.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cognitive Change

Keywords

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Motor imagery

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Positive Expectations (initial)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Positive Expectations (initial)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A positive expectation of the effect of motor imagery will be given before beginning the mental practice of imagination. "This task will generate hypoalgesia"

Negative Expectations (initial)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Negative Expectations (initial)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A negative expectation of the effect of motor imagery will be given before beginning the mental practice of imagination. "This task will not generate hypoalgesia"

Neutral Expectations (initial)

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Neutral Expectations (initial)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will act as a control. No expectations will be given that will influence the participant.

Positive Expectations (during intervention)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Positive Expectations (during intervention)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A positive expectation will be given during the performance of the mental practice. "This is working very well"

Negative Expectations (during intervention)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental: Negative Expectations (during intervention)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A negative expectation will be given during the performance of the mental practice. "This is working very bad"

Neutral Expectations (during intervention)

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Neutral Expectations (during intervention)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will act as a control. No expectations will be given that will influence the participant.

Interventions

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Positive Expectations (initial)

A positive expectation of the effect of motor imagery will be given before beginning the mental practice of imagination. "This task will generate hypoalgesia"

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Negative Expectations (initial)

A negative expectation of the effect of motor imagery will be given before beginning the mental practice of imagination. "This task will not generate hypoalgesia"

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Neutral Expectations (initial)

This group will act as a control. No expectations will be given that will influence the participant.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Positive Expectations (during intervention)

A positive expectation will be given during the performance of the mental practice. "This is working very well"

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Experimental: Negative Expectations (during intervention)

A negative expectation will be given during the performance of the mental practice. "This is working very bad"

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Neutral Expectations (during intervention)

This group will act as a control. No expectations will be given that will influence the participant.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18 and 60
* Healthy and with no pain subjects

Exclusion Criteria

* Any cognitive impairment that hindered viewing of audiovisual material.
* Difficulty understanding or communicating.
* Presence of systemic pathology, Central Nervous System or rheumatic disease.
* Inadequate understanding of the Spanish language to follow instructions for measuring and treatment.
* Collaboration of pregnant women.
* Underage subjects
* Subjects with pain at the time of the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Centro Universitario La Salle

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Roy La Touche Arbizu

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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CSEU La Salle

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Other Identifiers

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uammadrid100

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id