The role of learning, stress and underlying brain circuits involving prefrontal-limbic interactions in the development of chronic back pain

The role of learning, stress and underlying brain circuits involving prefrontal-limbic interactions in the development of chronic back pain - LSCBP

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00008835

Enrollment

160

Registered

2015-06-29

Start date

2015-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

chronic back pain M54

Interventions

Group 1: Observational study: Patients (investigation once, partly twice) - patients with chronic back pain perform different tasks (conditioning) at two measurement time points, depending on specific

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: subacute back pain, healthy individuals as control sample

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: chronic and current drug consume, neurological disorder, left handedness, pregnancy, metal in the body

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Questionnaires on pain (West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory), anxiety (State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory) and depression (Beck Depression Scale) and tasks (conditioning) will be obtained for each particiant at each measurement time point (measurement time points: 01.07.2015 - 30.06.2019)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Persons, in whom back pain gets worse, will be measured twice (1 year after the first measurement time point, 01.07.2016 - 30.06.2019) using the conditioning tasks	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFrauke Nees

Zentralinstitut für seelische Gesundheit 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: Jun 5, 2026