CLINICAL TRIAL
Investigating RELEARN Neurofeedback as Treatment for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Research
In collaboration with Centre for Clinical Research at the Regional hospital Hjørring, we are looking for participants, aged between 18-65 suffering from severe knee osteoarthritis pain for an investigation of how self-taught manipulation of pain related brain activity may affect the experience of pain.
This manipulation will be attempted through neurofeedback, which is a method which does not involve medication or surgery, where the pain patients may learn to control their brain activity by means of immediate visualization of the brain signals from the participant.
If you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact the responsible researcher:
Peter Christian Leutscher
Dr. med, PhD.,
Director, Center of Clinical Research
Professor of Clinical Medicine at Aalborg and Aarhus University
Regional Hospital, Hjørring
Bispensgade 37
9800 Hjørring
Phone: +45 6065 3960 / +45 2184 9822
Email: RELEARN@rn.dk
The trial
You are invited to participate in either 11 experimental sessions or 11 control sessions, subdivided into eight training sessions and three follow-up sessions at one, three and five months after the experiment. Each experimental session will last approximately 45 minutes.
During the experiment, you are to sit quietly and relax, whereafter you are to perform movements with the joint in which you have pain, during which we will measure electric signals from your brain and your muscles. During the experiments, we will give you feedback on your brain activity on a computer screen and ask you to attempt to change your brain activity. During the control experiment, you will not receive any treatment and will be followed to track pain progression.
All participants will also be asked to score the intensity of the pain on a scale from 0 to 10 and answer questionnaires relating to your experience of pain and how this affects your quality of life, amongst others.
You will not receive compensation for your participation.