RECRUITINGINTERVENTIONAL
Experimental Pain in Parkinsons
Comparing Pain Intensity and Discomfort in Patients With Parkinson´s Disease and Healthy Controls During Inducement of Mechanical, Thermal, and Chemical Experimental Pain
About This Trial
Study comparing pain intensity and discomfort in patients with Parkinson´s disease and healthy controls during inducement of mechanical, thermal, and chemical experimental pain
Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)
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)
Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.
Original Eligibility Criteria
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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)
Treatments Being Tested
OTHER
inducement of experimental pain
Inducement of experimental pain
Locations (1)
aarhus university Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark