Changes in Sensory Perception During Hypnotic Relaxation

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Procedure: Hypnosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02261155

LMU 137/06

Details and patient eligibility

About

Changes in sensory thresholds and pain thresholds will be measured with quantitative sensory testing (QST) before and during hypnotic relaxation in healthy volunteers. Hypnotic susceptibility will be assessed before QST.

QST data before and during hypnosis will be compared. Observed sensory changes will be evaluated in relation to the assessed hypnotic susceptibility

Full description

Healthy volunteers will be recruited and tested regarding their hypnotic susceptibility with Harvard Group Scale. In a second session QST will be performed on the right hand.Then hypnosis will be induced with the fixation method. After that the hypnotherapist will ask them to focus their attention on imagining an individual situation of well-being and calmness the volunteers had described before hypnosis. Then QST will be performed a second time on the same location. Results be compared using student's ttest.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

• health conditions of any Kind
• inability to read and/ or sign informed consent
• previous hypnosis experience

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 1 patient group

Hypnosis

Other group

Description:

hypnotic induction followed by relaxation and pleasant imagery

Treatment:

Procedure: Hypnosis