Veränderungen Der Sensibilität Durch Medizinische Hypnose

Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich0 sites23 target enrollmentSeptember 2006

ConditionsHealthy

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Healthy
Sponsor: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Enrollment: 23
Primary Endpoint: Changes in Quantitative Sensory Testing
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Changes in sensory thresholds and pain thresholds will be measured with quantitative sensory testing (QST) before and during hypnotic relaxation in healthy volunteers. Hypnotic susceptibility will be assessed before QST.

QST data before and during hypnosis will be compared. Observed sensory changes will be evaluated in relation to the assessed hypnotic susceptibility

Detailed Description

Healthy volunteers will be recruited and tested regarding their hypnotic susceptibility with Harvard Group Scale. In a second session QST will be performed on the right hand.Then hypnosis will be induced with the fixation method. After that the hypnotherapist will ask them to focus their attention on imagining an individual situation of well-being and calmness the volunteers had described before hypnosis. Then QST will be performed a second time on the same location. Results be compared using student's ttest.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 2006

End Date

August 2007

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Investigators

Sponsor

Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Dominik Irnich

PD Dr. med.; Head of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre

Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•healthy volunteers

Exclusion Criteria

•health conditions of any Kind
•inability to read and/ or sign informed consent
•previous hypnosis experience

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Changes in Quantitative Sensory Testing

Time Frame: 1 hour

Quantitative Sensory Testing, in detail the following thresholds are included in the testing: Thermal thresholds Cold detection threshold, CDT (°C from baseline 32°C) Warm detection threshold, WDT (°C from baseline 32°C) Thermal sensory limen, TSL (°C) Paradox heat sensation, PHS (x/3) Cold pain threshold, CPT (°C) Heat pain threshold, HPT (°C) Mechanical detection threshold, MDT (mN) Mechanical pain threshold, MPT (mN) Mechanical pain sensitivity, (MPS) Dynamic mechanical allodynia, (DMA) Wind-up, (WUR) Vibration detection threshold, (VDT) (x/8) Pressure pain threshold, (PPT; Pa)