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Godkendt protokoltitel: Eksperimentelle modeller af smerte og associerede faktorer

Forskere ved Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain ved Aalborg Universitet søger deltagere til et forsøg, der skal undersøge sammenhængen mellem søvn og smertefølsomhed.

Du kan deltage i forsøget, hvis du er rask og i alderen 18-45 år. Du skal desuden kunne tale og forstå engelsk, og du skal have en smartphone rådighed under forsøget.

Du kan ikke deltage, hvis du bl.a. er gravid, lider af eller har lidt af sygdomme, der påvirker dine muskler og/eller dit nervesystem (fx slidgigt, epilepsi, Parkinsons sygdom) eller hvis du lider af smerter.

Dette forsøg består af én session, der varer cirka to timer.

Du vil blive bedt om at besvare en række spørgeskemaer, der omhandler søvn, tankemønstre under smerte, humør og livsstil. Derudover vil vi teste din følsomhed over for smerte ved tryk, hvilket vil blive udført på dine ben.

Du skal derefter bære en VR-brille og vil blive indsat i et uhyggeligt virtuelt miljø, der vil give dig stressende stimuli. Du skal samtidig bære en FitBit aktivitetsmåler på dit håndled, der løbende vil måle din hjerterytme.

Bemærk venligst, at du skal have en gyldig arbejdstilladelse, hvis du kommer fra et såkaldt tredjeland.

Forsøget er godkendt af Den Videnskabsetiske Komité for Region Nordjylland, sagsnummer N-20230062.

Er du interesseret, så ring eller skriv til:

Emma Hertel, Ph.d., Postdoc

Institut for Medicin og Sundhedsteknologi

Mathematical Modelling of Knee Osteoarthritis

Aalborg Universitet

Selma Lagerløfs Vej 249

9260 Gistrup

E-mail: eh@hst.aau.dk

Investigation of pain sensitivity and associated factors (substudy 4)

Approved protocol title: Experimental models of pain and associated factors

A research team at Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain, Aalborg University, is conducting a study to investigate the interplay between sleep and pain.

You can participate if you are healthy and between 18 and 45 years old. Further, you must speak and understand English, and you must have access to a smartphone during the trial.

You cannot participate if you are, e.g., pregnant, suffer or have suffered from illnesses affecting your muscles and/or nerves (such as osteoarthritis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease), or suffer from pain.

This study consists of one session, lasting approximately 2 hours.

You will be asked to complete a series of questionnaires regarding your sleep, pain-related thoughts, mood, and lifestyle. In addition, we will assess your sensitivity to pressure pain, which will be tested on your legs.

You will then be asked to wear a VR headset and will be immersed in a virtual environment designed to induce psychological stress through a scary environmental experience. At the same time, you will wear a Fitbit activity tracker on your wrist, which will continuously monitor your heart rate throughout the session.

Please note that you must have a valid work permit if you come from a so-called third country.

The experiment has been approved by The North Denmark Region Committee on Health Research Ethics, project number N-20230062.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact:

Emma Hertel, Ph.D., Postdoc

Department of Health Science and Technology

Mathematical Modelling of Knee Osteoarthritis

Aalborg University

Selma Lagerløfs Vej 249

9260 Gistrup

Email: eh@hst.aau.dk