Psychological Context Effects

Swansea University35 enrolled

Overview

This study explores how contextual effects in the fore of positive and negative communication can affect the effect of an osteopathic technique on pain pressure thresholds.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Positive Communication (Primary)Negative Communication Control Condition

Interventions

communication typeBEHAVIORAL

Positive and negative communication types are the way that the practitioner communicates to the participant about the potential effectiveness of the osteopathic treatment. The control is a neutral communication condition.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Health volunteers with no forms of existing pain. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with existing pain.

Locations (1)

Swansea University

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain pressure threshold

This is the degree to which the participant can tolerate pressure induced through an algometer.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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