Oberserving painful movement of the lower back and its effects on the oberserver's pain perception.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010399

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-18

Start date

2016-06-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Pain perception in healthy volunteers M54.5

Interventions

Group 1: Obervation of a video showing painful movements of the lower back Group 2: controls: Observing a book as a neutral object

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a) students of Hochschule für Gesundheit Bochum, b) age > 18 years c) basic skills in german language (reading and understanding)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: a) acute low back pain, b) spinal chirurgical interventions in patient history, c) wounds, hematoma or else in the lower back region, d) severe impairments of vision, e) severe impairment of intellectual cognition, f) red flags indicating severe diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
changes in pressure pain thresholds of the lower back measured via analogue algometer ("Force Dial", Wagner Instruments) directly before and after observation of the video/book.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
a) correlation between empathy and pressure pain threshold in the pretest b) correlations between empathy and changes of pressure pain thresholds. The ability and extent of showing empathy is measured via the "Saarbrücker Persönlichkeitsfragebogen zur Empathie (SPF)".	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHendrik Menting

Hochschule für Gesundheit

hendrik.menting(at)hs-gesundheit.de+49 (0) 234 77727-630

Outcome results

None listed

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