Pain Blocking During Drug Administration or Blood Collection With Needles

University of California Irvine (UCI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Intractable

Treatments: Device: pain blocking

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01166906

20097245

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is a gating mechanism in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord that acts to facilitate or inhibit transmission of pain signals to the brain. The gate can be closed by mechanical stimuli such as touch and vibration.

Full description

The researcher develope a device that can use to reduce pain during drug administration or blood collection with needles.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receiving an injection with a needle
• Able to score the pain on a scale of 0-10 using the universal pain assessment tool, preferably 7 years of age or older

Exclusion criteria

• Current pregnancy
• Inability to understand and carry out instruction