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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN61520151
ISRCTN61520151
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A comparison of facial muscle responses with reported pain scores in patients undergoing a routine clinical procedure

Queen Victoria Hospital0 sites40 target enrollmentStarted: July 10, 2019Last updated:

Overview

Phase
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Status
Completed
Enrollment
40

Overview

Brief Summary

2022 Abstract results in https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.23.22282655v1.full-text International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 2022 World Congress on Pain, 19-23 September 2022, Toronto, Canada (added 12/12/2023)

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Adult age 18\+ with full capacity
  • 2\. ASA I (normal, healthy) and II (mild systemic disease; no functional limitation)
  • 3\. Fluent in English
  • Trauma/procedure:
  • 1\. Patients have received superficial trauma to the hand only
  • 2\. Patient is due to have examination and operation performed under local anaesthesia only
  • 3\. A digital ring block is planned for anaesthesia/analgesia during the procedure
  • 4\. No sedation/intravenous opioids are due to be administered
  • 5\. Oral analgesia via WHO analgesic ladder is permitted

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. A history of chronic pain on long term opiates
  • 2\. A diagnosis of dementia/long\-term memory impairment
  • 3\. Previous facial surgery (previous minor facial laceration suturing does not exclude)
  • 4\. Cosmetic facial procedures, e.g. botox injection or cosmetic fillers”
  • 5\. Past history of facial neuromuscular disease eg Bell’s palsy
  • 6\. Pregnant

Investigators

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