Table 1.
Chart of the trial’s time points.
| Research process | Enrollment | Allocation | Beginning | End of the experiment |
| Eligibility screen | ✓ |
|
|
|
| Demographic variables | ✓ |
|
|
|
| Medical variables | ✓ |
|
|
|
| Allocation |
|
✓ |
|
|
| Consent |
|
|
✓ |
|
| fMRIa scan |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| PPTsb |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| NRSc |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| HAMDd |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| WOMACe |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| Adverse events |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
| Working practice record |
|
|
✓ | ✓ |
afMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging.
bPPT: pressure pain threshold.
cNRS: Numerical Rating Scale.
dHAMD: Hamilton Depression Scale.
eWOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.