Does Boredom Affect Mechanical Pain Thresholds

Linnaeus University120 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate if the feeling of boredom could influence mechanical pain thresholds.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Pain Threshold Healthy

Interventions

Emotional interventionBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive different emotional interventions such as boredom, positive valence, mind-wandering.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * No pain at the test session * Swedish fluency. Exclusion Criteria: * Pain anywhere in the body during the test session * known neurological disease.

Locations (1)

Linnaeus University

Vaxjo, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pressure pain thresholds

Pressure Pain thresholds will be measured over the right and left m. trapezius and over the right and left m. tibialis anterior.

Time frame: 30 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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