Do osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain, chronic widespread pain, share pain biomechanisms?

• Conditions: Healthy subject; M54.5; R52; M17; M16; Low back pain; Pain, not elsewhere classified; Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee]; Coxarthrosis [arthrosis of hip]

• Registration Number: DRKS00008179
• Lead Sponsor: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2017-03-12
• Study Start: 2021-02-12
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 147

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain and chronic widespread pain;

on the VAS the pain should be a minimum of 4;

patients need to be between 18- 70 years;

patients need to be able to talk and write German fluently

Exclusion Criteria

pregnancy, lactation period, cancer, cardiac anomaly, depression, diabetis, acute or inflammatory ailment, new injury;

healthy patients should not have chronic pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This will be measured from serum samples by the method of enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) assay.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body composition, Pain intensity (visual analogue scale), fatigue (visual analogue scale).<br><br>Health related quality of life will be measured by Short-Form-12.<br><br>Mood related disorders will be measured by Beck's depression inventory and Hospital and anxiety depression scale, <br><br>Sleep related quality will be measured by Epworth sleepiness scaleand Pittsburgh Sleep quality.<br><br>These all parameters/questionnaires will be measured once on recuritment day.<br>