Cortical processing of pain: effect of a conditioning stimulus and radicular pai

• Conditions: Radicular pain; 10041543

• Registration Number: NL-OMON31230
• Lead Sponsor: Medisch Spectrum Twente

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 13 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

For both healthy and radicular pain patients
Right handed
age 18-65
Radicular pain patients
radicular pain syndrom diagnosed by the neurologist or clinical neurophysiologist

Exclusion Criteria

Both healthy and radicular pain patients:
Psychotropic medication
healthy subjects:
pain complaints during the experiments
pain complaints for more than 1 week during previous 3 months
psychotropic medication
Radicular pain patients
other pain complaints;Radicular pain patients:
psychotropic medication
other pain complaints

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Reported pain experience (0-100)<br /><br>Amplitudes of the EP components measured at CZ-A1A2 (P90, N150, P200 and P300)<br /><br>Amplitudes of the EP components measured at C4-FZ and C3-FZ (P50 and N90)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Cortical areas<br /><br>data from diagnosis file of radicular pain patients<br /><br>area of compression or irritation radix<br /><br>nature of pain complaints<br /><br>duration of pain complaints<br /><br>medication<br /><br>applied diagnosis techniques<br /><br>treatment patients</p><br>