Pilot Study on the Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Pain Perception and on the Ability to Cope With Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 41
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
The Purpose of this study is to evaluate whether cognitive and emotional components take part in the positive acupuncture effect on pain.
详细描述
The effect of acupuncture on pain intensity has been already investigated and confirmed. Recent publication (Pariente J., et a., 2005) indicated that acupuncture may affect midbrain areas, that are associated with cognitive control of pain.
The Pain Self Regulation Model (Levental, 1980)distinguishes between emotional response pain representations and cognitive pain representations. According to this model, emotional and cognitive pain representations leads to a new (cognitive or emotional) evaluation of the pain, that affects its perception and the ability to cope with it (Levental at al., 2001).
This study will try to assess the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment is involved in this process.
The study is designed as pilot study, limited to 45 patients.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Only
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients suffering from pain,who are reffered for acupuncture treatment,and consented to participate in this study
排除标准
- •children under 18 years of age