Heart rate variability as a measure of pain intensity in healthy volunteers
Completed
- Conditions
- pijnpain
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33227
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
subjects able to have heart rate measures taken
subjects should have sinus rhythm
Exclusion Criteria
subjects using medication other than oral anticonception
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary endpoint of the study will be the correlation between the change in<br /><br>pain intensity as measured by the visual analogue scale and as measured by<br /><br>heart rate variability.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1) whether there is a correlation between the response to pain using the visual<br /><br>analogue scale and the neuroticism subscale of the Eysenck Personality<br /><br>Questionnaire<br /><br>2) whether there is a correlation between the response to pain using heart<br /><br>rate variability measures and the neuroticism subscale of the Eysenck<br /><br>Personality Questionnaire<br /><br>3) the reproducibility of the correlation between the change in pain intensity<br /><br>and heart rate variability measures</p><br>