Scientists test pain on healthy volunteers to understand suffering

NCT ID NCT06611267

Summary

This study aimed to better understand how healthy people feel and rate pain. Researchers applied brief, tolerable heat pain to the forearms of 64 healthy volunteers, sometimes with a pain-relieving cream. Participants rated their pain and their expectations of pain to help scientists learn about the brain's pain mechanisms, which could improve future treatments for people with chronic pain.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aarhus University

    Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

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