Clinical Use of Cold and Contact Heat-evoked Potentials: Normative Values

Conditions: Establishing Normative Values for the Clinical Use of Cold and Contact Heat-evoked Potentials

Sex: All

Ages: 26 Years – 75 Years

Healthy volunteers: 1

Phase: NA

Enrollment: 80

Sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain

Summary

This prospective interventional study aims at recording contact heat evoked potentials (CHEPs) and cold evoked potentials (CEPs) in a healthy population sample in an aim to derive normative values which could be used to evaluate evoked potentials (EPs) of patients.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Healthy volunteers between 26 and 75 years old having a normal baseline testing.Exclusion Criteria:Age<26 and >75 years oldKnown neurological condition.Acute or chronic pain condition.Currently taking drugs that may influence the recording of evoked potentials (analgesics, psychotropic substances, antiepileptics…).History of neurological, or metabolic disorder.Inability to complete study task.History of chemotherapy.Habitual substance abuse(alcoholic beverages intake >21 units/week for males, >14 units/week for females.)Being a volley ball player (due to risk of modified sensibility of the volar forearm skin)Abnormal baseline neurological, SNC or QST testing

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