The Association Between Conditioned Pain Modulation and Pain Catastrophizing in Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03644810
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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)
This study evaluates the potential association between pain catastrophizing thoughts and the ability to dampen pain via endogenous descending inhibition. Half of the participants are persons with chronic low back pain and the other half are age and gender-matched controls
Study details
- Official title
- The Efficiency of Conditioned Pain Modulation is Associated With Levels of Pain Catastrophizing in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Catastrophizing Pain
- Pain, Somatic
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Interventions
- Diagnostic test: PPT measurement
- Diagnostic test: Pain catastrophizing scale
- Procedure: Cold Pressor Test
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
- Collaborators
- Spine Centre of Southern Denmark
- Start date
- 2017-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-09-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Denmark
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Low back pain group: * chronic low back pain ( lasting more than 3 months) * intensity of ≥ 3/10 on a numeric rating scale * pain is located in the area between the gluteal folds below to the thoracolumbal junction above. Controls: No current or previous history of musculoskeletal pain of ongoing nature Exclusion Criteria: Applies for both groups: * Signs of radicular pain or other specific medical conditions e.g. rheumatologic disease or diabetes * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03644810