Clinical Research Directory

Investigation of Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound Pressure

Investigating the relationship between input pressure of low-intensity focused ultrasound and an evoked potential in both eeg and fMRI.

Pain Acceptance Training in Patients Experiencing Emotional Distress and Somatic Symptoms: Examination of Dialectical Thinking as a Mediating Factor

Somatic symptoms, including physical pain, are highly prevalent among mental health patients. Current treatments have limited effectiveness for these symptoms, primarily because of patients' diminished introspective capacity and lack of emotional awareness. The current study proposes pain acceptance training as a new intervention. This intervention relies on the tenets of dialectical thinking, particularly on maintaining a dialectic perspective - at once acknowledging both the desire to end the pain and the ability to accept it as it is. We aim to examine the following: (1) the efficacy of pain acceptance training in the alleviation of somatic pain in patients with somatic symptoms; (2) the role of dialectical thinking as a mediator of pain acceptance training efficacy.

Influence of Variations of Systemic Venous Return on Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI) During General Anaesthesia

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the value of analgesia nociception index (ANI) is influenced by variations of systemic venous return (cardiac preload) under general anaesthesia.