The Effects of Sensory Training On Pain Modulation, Cognition and Time to Fatigue in Healthy Adults
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Healthy Participants
In brief
The study is a randomized clinical trial that is assessing the effects of sensory training on pain modulation, cognition, and physical endurance (time to fatigue) in healthy participants
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02672371
- Run by
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2017-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-04-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study
- Able to perform physical activities such as cycling
- 18-40 years old
- BMI<27
- Practice of moderate intensity aerobic physical activity less than 150 minutes per week
You may not qualify if…
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Subjects with pacemakers, and/or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- History of asthma with active symptomatology in the past year, pulmonary disease or use of inhalers
- Physical disability, neurological and/or psychological disorder that precludes safe and adequate testing
- Conditions that may impair the ability to feel pain
- Mental impairment with limited ability to cooperate
- Uncorrected medical conditions, such as significant anemia, important electrolyte imbalance, or hyperthyroidism
- Pregnancy or trying to become pregnant in the next 6 months
- History of alcohol or drug abuse within the past 6 months as self-reported
- Epilepsy
- Suffering from severe depression (with a score >30 in the Beck Depression Inventory)
- History of unexplained fainting spells as self-reported
- Head injury resulting in more than a momentary loss of consciousness
- History of neurosurgery as self-reported
- Use of antiepileptic and/or hypnotic medications like carbamazepine, valproate acid, gabapentin, zolpidem, etc.
- Use of medication with potential cardiovascular influence
- Active smoker, or history of smoking in the last 6 months
- Skin lesion or open wounds around or in area of electrode application
- Tattoos in upper limb or along the nerve tract
Where it is running
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Network Research Institute — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
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