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UNKNOWN
Assessment of LTP-like Pain Amplification in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Peking University People's Hospital
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-60 years
Brief Summary
The present study is aimed to assess the LTP-like pain amplification in chronic low back pain patients to explore the central and peripheral effect for pain LTP.
Detailed Description
This study is a cross-sectional study. Two groups, including low back pain group and healthy subjects group will be arranged in this study. 50 subjects will be recruited in each group, The healthy sub...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Chronic low back pain patients
- Age 21-80 years old.
- People must have experienced low back pain for at least 3 months and have reported a minimal pain level of 30 (pain threshold) on the 0-100 pain numerical rating scale (NRS) in the last 7 days.
Exclusion
- Age below 21 or over 80 years old.
- Patients were excluded if they had taken pain medications on the day of the assessment or if they had serious spinal pathologies, such as fractures, tumors or inflammatory diseases, such as ankylosing spondylitis, nerve root compromise confirmed by clinical neurological tests or severe cardiorespiratory diseases. Those who were pregnant, patients with cancer and those with a cardiac pacemaker were also excluded.
- Healthy volunteers.
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 21-80 years old.
- These participants must not have presented episodes of low back pain for more than 7 days in the last 12 months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03362827
Start Date
March 1 2018
End Date
December 31 2018
Last Update
December 5 2017
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