Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2014
Hypnotic relaxation results in elevated thresholds of sensory detection but not of pain detection.
Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02261155 (Veränderungen Der Sensibilität Durch Medizinische Hypnose), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Veränderungen Der Sensibilität Durch Medizinische Hypnose
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychophysical and Functional Outcomes in Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy After Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Narrative Review and Case Series.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2024Review
- Individual Traits and Pain Treatment: The Case of Hypnotizability.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Subclinical Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) Study.Pain physician · 2018Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundMany studies show an effectiveness of hypnotic analgesia. It has been discussed whether the analgesic effect is mainly caused by the relaxation that is concomitant to hypnosis. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of hypnotic relaxation suggestion on different somatosensory detection and pain thresholds.
methodsQuantitative sensory testing (QST) measurements were performed before and during hypnosis in twenty-three healthy subjects on the dorsum of the right hand. Paired t-test was used to compare threshold changes. The influence of hypnotic susceptibility was evaluated by calculating correlation coefficients for threshold changes and hypnotic susceptibility (Harvard group scale).
resultsDuring hypnosis significantly changed somatosensory thresholds (reduced function) were observed for the following sensory detection thresholds: Cold Detection Threshold (CDT), Warm Detection Threshold (WDT), Thermal Sensory Limen (TSL) and Mechanical Detection Threshold (MDT). The only unchanged sensory detection threshold was Vibration Detection Threshold (VDT). No significant changes were observed for the determined pain detection thresholds (Cold Pain Thresholds, Heat Pain Thresholds, Mechanical Pain Sensitivity, Dynamic Mechanical Allodynia, Wind-up Ratio and Pressure Pain Threshold). No correlation of hypnotic susceptibility and threshold changes were detected.
conclusionHypnotic relaxation without a specific analgesic suggestion results in thermal and mechanical detection, but not pain threshold changes. We thus conclude that a relaxation suggestion has no genuine effect on sensory pain thresholds.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier: NCT02261155 (9th October 2014).
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