Rubber Hand Illusion in Anorexia Nervosa (RHI_size_AN)

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa

Treatments: Other: Rubber Hand Illusion

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06296329

21C309

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present research project aims to verify a possible difference in the recalibration of the real hand position (i.e. proprioceptive drift) in relation to the dimensions of the plastic hand in the Rubber Hand Illusion, among a group of female participants with anorexia nervosa compared with a normal weight control group.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Right-handed
• diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa according to the APA criteria

Exclusion criteria

• concurrent neurological, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism), motor, somatosensory and/or psychiatric disorders.

Trial design

28 participants in 2 patient groups

Cases

Description:

Participants with Anorexia Nervosa

Treatment:

Other: Rubber Hand Illusion

Controls

Description:

Not-hospitalized participants with a healthy weight

Treatment:

Other: Rubber Hand Illusion