Effects of Tactile Touch on Chronic Pain in Parkinson´s Disease
CompletedNot applicableNCT01734876
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The Parkitouch study compared the effects on pain, sleep quality and HealthRelated Quality of Life (HRQoL) among 44 participants with Parkinson´s Disease for at least two years and chronic pain.The two groups were randomized to either Tactile Touch and Rest to Music or only Rest to Music alone. It was prospective and had a duration of 34 weeks. The first 10 weeks was the intervention period , followed by a follow-up period. Outcome measures were salivary cortisol concentration measured at seven occasions of which two were immediately before, after and 30 minutes after intervention. Diurnal salivary cortisol was calculated based on four timepoints of sampling per 24 hour period.
Study details
- Official title
- Short and Long-term Effects of Tactile Touch on Salivary Cortisol Concentrations in Parkinson's Disease.
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Tactile Touch
- Behavioral: Rest To Music
- Sponsor
- Region Jönköping County
- Collaborators
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
- Start date
- 2004-09
- Primary completion
- 2008-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 45 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Sweden
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Parkinson´s Disease * chronic pain Exclusion Criteria: * Epilepsy * Active malignancy * Diabetes mellitus * Parkinson´s disease in complication phase
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01734876