| Title: |
Chronic pain relief after receiving affective touch: A single case report |
| Authors: |
Meijer, Larissa L.; Ruis, Carla; van der Smagt, Maarten J.; Dijkerman, H. Chris; Leerstoel Dijkerman; Helmholtz Institute; Experimental Psychology (onderzoeksprogramma PF); Leerstoel Zandvoort; Leerstoel Smagt |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Subject Terms: |
Humans; Touch; Chronic Pain; Physical Stimulation; Touch Perception; Skin; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Behavioral Neuroscience |
| Description: |
Affective touch is gentle slow stroking of the skin, which can reduce experimentally induced pain. Our participant, suffering from Parkinson's Disease and chronic pain, received 1 week of non-affective touch and 1 week of affective touch as part of a larger study. Interestingly, after 2 days of receiving affective touch, the participant started to feel less pain. After 7 days, the burning painful sensations fully disappeared. This suggest that affective touch may reduce chronic pain in clinical populations. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text/plain |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1748-6645 |
| Relation: |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/431151 |
| Availability: |
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/431151 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CDE7DF33 |
| Database: |
BASE |