This study, in a quasi-experimental pre-post design, investigates the effect of serial water-filtered whole-body hyperthermia on circadian core body temperature, the somatosensory system (nociception) and pain perception in healthy and patients with chronic primary pain (e.g., fibromyalgia). The intervention lasts 3 weeks with two treatment sessions per week.
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Circadian core body temperature
Timeframe: Week 0
Circadian core body temperature
Timeframe: Week 5
Cold detection threshold (CDT); °C
Timeframe: Week 0
Cold detection threshold (CDT); °C
Timeframe: week 5
Warm detection threshold (WDT); °C
Timeframe: Week 0
Warm detection threshold (WDT); °C
Timeframe: week 5
Thermal sensory limen (TSL) ; °C
Timeframe: week 0
Thermal sensory limen (TSL) ; °C
Timeframe: week 5
Cold pain threshold (CPT); °C
Timeframe: week 0
Cold pain threshold (CPT); °C
Timeframe: week 5
Heat pain threshold (HPT); °C
Timeframe: week 0
Heat pain threshold (HPT); °C
Timeframe: week 5
Mechanical detection threshold (MDT) ; mN
Timeframe: week 0
Mechanical detection threshold (MDT) ; mN
Timeframe: week 5
Mechanical pain threshold (MPT), count of sharp and blunt stimuli
Timeframe: week 0
Mechanical pain threshold (MPT), count of sharp and blunt stimuli
Timeframe: week 5
Mechanical pain sensitivity (MPS) ; NRS
Timeframe: week 0
Mechanical pain sensitivity (MPS) ; NRS
Timeframe: week 5
Summative pain amplification (WUR); NRS
Timeframe: week 0
Summative pain amplification (WUR); NRS
Timeframe: week 5
Vibration detection threshold (VDT) ; x/8
Timeframe: week 0
Vibration detection threshold (VDT) ; x/8
Timeframe: week 5
Pressure pain threshold (PPT), kgf/1cm2
Timeframe: week 0
Pressure pain threshold (PPT), kgf/1cm2
Timeframe: week 5
Dynamic mechanical allodynia (DMA), NRS
Timeframe: week 0
Dynamic mechanical allodynia (DMA), NRS
Timeframe: week 5
6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
Timeframe: Week 0
6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
Timeframe: Week 5