Applications of Realtime Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI )

Stanford University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pain

Treatments

Procedure: Real-time fMRI feedback

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01111617

SU-11062007-809

95194

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this research program is to determine the potential effectiveness of real-time fMRI training in improving mental control over pain.

Full description

A research study that looks at pain and how you experience pain. This research project aims to use virtual reality-based real-time functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rtfMRI) to assess brain activation during the experience of pain and while subjects attempt to mentally control their pain response.

Enrollment

400 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 18-65
Chronic Pain patient or healthy control
Ability to perform the experimental task

Exclusion criteria

MRI contraindication (metal implants, claustrophobia, pregnant or planning to become pregnant)
History of psychiatric disorder (at the discretion of the investigator as to whether it interferes with the experimental task)
History of Blistering