The impact of endogenous testosterone for gender differences in pain, sensory perception and therapy of pai
- Conditions
- Testosterone and sensory perception
- Registration Number
- DRKS00010854
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, operative Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 57
Inclusion Criteria
male sex, legal age, assumed lack of endogenous testosterone (in patient group)
Exclusion Criteria
Chronic pain condition, chronic nervous diseases, chronic psychiatric diseases, chronic analgetic use, abuse, other conditions with alterations in pain
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br>endogenous inhibition: Conditioned-Pain-Modulation-Effect (CPM-Effect),
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Variables from QST (quantitative sensory testing) protocol (Cold Detection Threshold, CDT; Warmth Detection Threshold, WDT; Thermal Sensory Limen, TSL; Paradoxal Heat Sensation, PHS; Cold Pain Threshold,CPT; Heat Pain Threshold, HPT; Mechanical Detection Threshold, MDT; Mechanical Pain Threshold, MPT; mechanical pain sensitivity, MPS; Dynamic Mechanical Allodynia, DMA Wind-Up-Ration, WUR; Vibration Detection Threshold, VDT; Pressure Pain Threshold, PPT)