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Experimental Pain in Parkinsons

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by University of Aarhus
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorUniversity of Aarhus
Started2023-06-07
Est. completion2027-01-01
Eligibility
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

Study comparing pain intensity and discomfort in patients with Parkinson´s disease and healthy controls during inducement of mechanical, thermal, and chemical experimental pain

Eligibility

Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion criteria

* Group healthy volunteers: healthy subjects with no PD diagnosis
* Group PD patients levodopa: Include PD patients treated with levodopa
* Group PD patients DBS: Include PD patients with DBS Exclusion criteria
* Known other neurological or medical disorders (e.g., stroke, neuropathy, diabetes) or other disorders with expected influence on experimental pain
* Known dementia (a score \<24 on the MoCA)
* Known untreated depression (a score ≥15 on the Beck Depression Inventory)
* Unable to cooperate
* Treated with painkillers except paracetamol and NSAID (except if pain and treatment is ad-equately stable as evaluated by a doctor)

Conditions3

PainParkinson DiseaseParkinson's Disease

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