Mechanisms of Massage

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Conditions studied: Healthy, Pain

In brief

The investigators have previously found moderately painful massage produces comparable changes in pain sensitivity as a conditioned pain modulation paradigm in healthy participants suggesting shared underlying mechanisms. The researchers aim to extend these findings by understanding the influence of expectation on these findings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04108403

Run by

University of Florida

People needed

56

Starts

2019-10-31

Expected to finish

2021-12-15

Last updated by the study team

2022-09-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pain Free

You may not qualify if…

• non-English speaking
• systemic medical condition known to affect sensation (i.e. diabetes)
• regular use of prescription pain medication to manage pain
• current or history of chronic pain condition
• currently using blood thinning medication
• any blood clotting disorder such as hemophilia

Where it is running

• UF Health — Gainesville, Florida, United States

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