Impact of Exercise Training on Pain and Brain Function in Gulf War Veterans

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Conditions studied: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

In brief

This study is intended to test the influence of weight training on physical symptoms, physical activity and brain structure and function in Gulf War Veterans with chronic widespread muscle pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01350492

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

77

Starts

2013-04-16

Expected to finish

2019-06-18

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-20

Who can join

Age: 35 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Veteran of the Persian Gulf War
• Chronic muscle pain

You may not qualify if…

• Regular participation in resistance exercise
• Color blindness
• Claustrophobia
• Medical conditions that could explain the Veteran's pain
• Use of exclusionary drugs 3 weeks prior to testing
• Major depressive disorder with melancholic features
• Substance abuse
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar disorder

Where it is running

• William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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