Muscle Synergies in Pain and Pain Anticipation

This study investigates how the anticipation of pain affects muscle synergies. One group will be recruited who will first experience actual pain from capsaicin cream and are then presented with a harmless cream deceptively labeled as capsaicin. The changes in muscle synergies will be measured during walking tasks.

NCT Number	NCT07251387
Lead Sponsor	Universite de Picardie Jules Verne Collaborators: Mitacs
Conditions	Pain, Nocebo Effect, Pain Anticipation
Enrollment	12 participants
Start Date	2026-01-01
Primary Completion	2027-10-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-10-01 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-06-11