Quantitative Sensory Testing to Study Pain Perception in Autism
Recruiting
Observational Study
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Pain Perception
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 5 – 17
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 50 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea · Other
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About This Trial
This study aims at assess sensory perception, and pain perception, in neurodivergent children and adolescent in the autism spectrum. To achieve this goal, the quantitive sensory testing (QST), a controlled and replicable protocol, will be used, to assess perception in different sensory modalities: heat sensations, mechanical detection threshold and pain threshold. As secondary aim, the cortical pr…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for the clinical sample:
* Children and adolescent
* age between 5 and 17 years old
* Autism diagnosis according to DSM-V criteria
Inclusion Criteria for the control sample:
* healthy children and adolescent (without neurological, and psychiatric, diagnoses)
* age between 5 and…
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