Pain Perception in Autism. Study Through Quantitative Sensory Testing and Psychophysiological Correlates

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

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 processing of thermal painful stimuli will be collected through electroencephalography (EEG) in order to investigate if there are differences in the cortical processing of painful stimuli between clinical sample and control sample, and if it could be associated with differences in the subjective experience between the two groups. Finally, it will be explored the association between such differences, and indexes of psychopathology and dispositional measures.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 5
Maximum Age: 17
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Children and adolescent

• age between 5 and 17 years old

• Autism diagnosis according to DSM-V criteria

• healthy children and adolescent (without neurological, and psychiatric, diagnoses)

• age between 5 and 17 years old

Locations
Other Locations
Italy
IRCCS E. Medea
RECRUITING
Brindisi
Contact Information
Primary
Valentina Nicolardi, PhD
valentina.nicolardi@lanostrafamiglia.it
0039 3200598331
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-07-17
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-09
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
ASD Group
Patients with ASD diagnosis according to DSM-V, between 5 and 17 years old
Control Group
Healthy participants, between 5 and 17 years old, without ASD diagnosis and withour neurological and psychiatric deseases
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: IRCCS Eugenio Medea

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