Changes in Sensory Perception During Hypnotic Relaxation

Veränderungen Der Sensibilität Durch Medizinische Hypnose

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02261155

Enrollment

Registered

2014-10-10

Start date

2006-09-30

Completion date

2007-08-31

Last updated

2014-10-10

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Conditions

Healthy

Brief summary

Changes in sensory thresholds and pain thresholds will be measured with quantitative sensory testing (QST) before and during hypnotic relaxation in healthy volunteers. Hypnotic susceptibility will be assessed before QST. QST data before and during hypnosis will be compared. Observed sensory changes will be evaluated in relation to the assessed hypnotic susceptibility

Detailed description

Healthy volunteers will be recruited and tested regarding their hypnotic susceptibility with Harvard Group Scale. In a second session QST will be performed on the right hand.Then hypnosis will be induced with the fixation method. After that the hypnotherapist will ask them to focus their attention on imagining an individual situation of well-being and calmness the volunteers had described before hypnosis. Then QST will be performed a second time on the same location. Results be compared using student's ttest.

Interventions

PROCEDUREHypnosis

hypnotic Relaxation without specific analgesic suggestion

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

* health conditions of any Kind * inability to read and/ or sign informed consent * previous hypnosis experience

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Changes in Quantitative Sensory Testing	1 hour	Quantitative Sensory Testing, in detail the following thresholds are included in the testing: Thermal thresholds Cold detection threshold, CDT (°C from baseline 32°C) Warm detection threshold, WDT (°C from baseline 32°C) Thermal sensory limen, TSL (°C) Paradox heat sensation, PHS (x/3) Cold pain threshold, CPT (°C) Heat pain threshold, HPT (°C) Mechanical detection threshold, MDT (mN) Mechanical pain threshold, MPT (mN) Mechanical pain sensitivity, (MPS) Dynamic mechanical allodynia, (DMA) Wind-up, (WUR) Vibration detection threshold, (VDT) (x/8) Pressure pain threshold, (PPT; Pa)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Observed sensory changes during hypnosis compared to hypnotic susceptibility	1 hour	The correlation between the obeserved changes as described above and the degree of hypnotic susceptibility

Outcome results

None listed

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