Effects of Acute Pain vs Context Change on Motor Learning Retention in Young Adults

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

61

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 11, 2023

Primary Completion Date

May 15, 2024

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2024

Conditions
Pain, AcuteMotor Activity
Interventions
PROCEDURE

pain delivery - learning only

Experimental pain paradigm delivered (capsaicin cream combined with heat) that is short-term and painful but not harmful. Applied to skin just during the Day 1 learning period.

PROCEDURE

pain delivery - learning and retention

Experimental pain paradigm delivered (capsaicin cream combined with heat) that is short-term and painful but not harmful. Applied to skin during the Day 1 learning period and again during the Day 2 retention period.

Trial Locations (1)

19713

University of Delaware, Newark

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

lead

University of Delaware

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