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Audio-enhanced Analgesia in Healthy Subjects

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
Behavioral: Enhanced Audio
Behavioral: Audio
Registration Number
NCT01835275
Lead Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether enhanced audio methods can be used to improve analgesia for experimental pain in healthy subjects.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18-50 years old
  • Healthy
Exclusion Criteria
  • Current diagnoses of psychiatric or neurological disorders or chronic pain
  • BDI-II score greater than 13
  • current or previous ear/nose/throat or hearing issues
  • prior participation in pain studies
  • previous advanced music training

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Music conditioningAudioSubjects are tested with music, sound, and silence, after conditioning to enhance music induced analgesia
Music conditioningEnhanced AudioSubjects are tested with music, sound, and silence, after conditioning to enhance music induced analgesia
SoundAudioSubjects are tested with music, sound, and silence, after conditioning to enhance sound induced analgesia
SoundEnhanced AudioSubjects are tested with music, sound, and silence, after conditioning to enhance sound induced analgesia
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain Intensity and Unpleasantness1.5 hour testing session

0-100 Visual Analog Scales to rate subjective pain intensity and unpleasentness

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital

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Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States

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