Effects of Urban Afforestation Activity on Pain Mechanisms

University of Granada (UGR)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Other: Urban Afforestation Intervention Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05364034

AfforestPain

Details and patient eligibility

About

This single-group pretest-posttest clinical trial aims to evaluate the effects of a single-session afforestation activity on pain thresholds.

Full description

Participants will perform an afforestation activity for a single session of 90 minutes. The therapist will direct the participants' attention to the visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile features of the surrounding environment. A battery of quantitative sensory tests pre- and post-intervention.

Enrollment

47 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Free of pain in the hands, cheeks, lower back, wrists and trapezius muscles in the previous 3 months.
Adults between 18 and 65 years.
Any sex and gender.

Exclusion criteria

Intake of any analgesic or psychotropic medication.
Other severe or medically unstable diseases that may interfere with participation.
Severe cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score < 17 out of 30 points).
Severe mental disorders in the acute phase or symptomatic phase.
Severe intellectual disability.
Behavioural alterations as this may interfere with their participation.
Pregnant or breastfeeding.