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The Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on the Perception of Pain and Coping With Pain

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
Information provided by:
Sheba Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00369902
First received: August 29, 2006
Last updated: July 19, 2009
Last verified: July 2009
History of Changes
  Purpose

The Purpose of this study is to evaluate whether cognitive and emotional components take part in the positive acupuncture effect on pain.


Condition Intervention
Pain
 Procedure: acupuncture

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Pilot Study on the Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Pain Perception and on the Ability to Cope With Pain

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Further study details as provided by Sheba Medical Center:

Enrollment: 41
Study Start Date: May 2006
Study Completion Date: May 2007
Detailed Description:

The effect of acupuncture on pain intensity has been already investigated and confirmed. Recent publication (Pariente J., et a., 2005) indicated that acupuncture may affect midbrain areas, that are associated with cognitive control of pain.

The Pain Self Regulation Model (Levental, 1980)distinguishes between emotional response pain representations and cognitive pain representations. According to this model, emotional and cognitive pain representations leads to a new (cognitive or emotional) evaluation of the pain, that affects its perception and the ability to cope with it (Levental at al., 2001).

This study will try to assess the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment is involved in this process.

The study is designed as pilot study, limited to 45 patients.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

41 consequtive patients with chronic musculosckeletal pain

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients suffering from pain,who are reffered for acupuncture treatment,and consented to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • children under 18 years of age
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00369902

Locations
Israel
Sheba Hospital,
Ramat Gan, Israel
Sponsors and Collaborators
Sheba Medical Center
Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Dorit Gamus, M.D., Ph.D. Sheba Hospital, Tel Hashomer, ISRAEL
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00369902     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: SHEBA-05-3817-OG-CTIL
Study First Received: August 29, 2006
Last Updated: July 19, 2009
Health Authority: Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration

Keywords provided by Sheba Medical Center:
pain
acupuncture

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013