Approach and avoidance in chronic musculoskeletal pain: the role of pavlovian-instrumental transfer

Approach and avoidance in chronic musculoskeletal pain: the role of pavlovian-instrumental transfer - PIT

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00007895

Enrollment

100

Registered

2015-04-01

Start date

2015-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

chronic back pain M54

Interventions

Group 1: Observational study: Patients (one investigation) - patients with chronic back pain underwent various tasks (conditioning) at one time point Group 2: Observational study: Controls (one invest

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

30 Years to 55 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for the CBP patients will be pain localized to the upper or lower back, minimum pain intensity 4 on a 0-10 point scale, minimum frequency 3 times/week, more than 6 months of pain.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria will be chronic and current substance abuse, any neurological disease, left-handedness, major illness, pregnancy, a pacemaker or metal parts in the body, and for the CBP additionally pain after traumatic experiences/accidents, pain surgery, pain due to physical decline.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Questionnaires on pain behaviour, anxiet and depression and tasks (condiitioning) will be obtained once only, i.e. at one measuerment time point, for each participant (within the study period 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2016)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFrauke Nees

ZI Mannheim, Institut für Neuropsychologie und Klinische Psychologie

frauke.nees@zi-mannheim.de0621-1703-6306

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026