Healthy, Pain Threshold
Conditions
Keywords
Pain Thresholds, Pain, Boredom
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate if the feeling of boredom could influence mechanical pain thresholds.
Detailed description
Participants will be randomized into 3 different groups watching different short video-clips (2.30 min). The boredom group will watch a boring video about ploughing, the distraction control group will watch a positively valenced video, the control group will just wait for 2.30 min, without any instructions about what to think about. Pressure pain thresholds will be measured with an algometer before and after the video-clip interventions.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEmotional intervention
Participants will receive different emotional interventions such as boredom, positive valence, mind-wandering.
Sponsors
Linnaeus University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
Participants will be randomized to different conditions.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* No pain at the test session * Swedish fluency.
Exclusion criteria
* Pain anywhere in the body during the test session * known neurological disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pressure pain thresholds | 30 minutes | Pressure Pain thresholds will be measured over the right and left m. trapezius and over the right and left m. tibialis anterior. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed