Psychological Context Effects

Control Condition Clinical Trial

Official title:

Psychological Context Effects of Participant Expectation on Pain Pressure Thresholds Following Cervicothoracic HVLA Thrust Manipulation: A Double Blind, Crossover, Randomised Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03855254
• Other study ID #: SwanseaU1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: January 10, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2019
• Source: Swansea University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study explores how contextual effects in the fore of positive and negative communication can affect the effect of an osteopathic technique on pain pressure thresholds.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 35
• Est. completion date: January 10, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 5, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health volunteers with no forms of existing pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with existing pain.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Control Condition
• Negative Communication
• Positive Communication (Primary)

Intervention

Behavioral:
• communication type
Positive and negative communication types are the way that the practitioner communicates to the participant about the potential effectiveness of the osteopathic treatment. The control is a neutral communication condition.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Swansea University	Swansea	Wales

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Swansea University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain pressure threshold	This is the degree to which the participant can tolerate pressure induced through an algometer.	6 months