Research Center: Rutgers University
Location: This is a virtual study in the United States
Lead Researcher: Tammy Chung
IRB: This study has been reviewed and approved by the Rutgers University Institutional Review Board

Could something as simple as typing help improve care for back and neck pain?

This study is testing how cannabis use may impact pain relief and everyday activities, using typing patterns as a window into health.

It’s not about what you type, but how speed, rhythm, and flow can reveal valuable changes in well-being. These insights might help doctors fine-tune treatment without constant clinic visits. The aim is to make pain management smarter, faster, and easier. The best part? It’s completely online.

Help improve pain care, right from your keyboard. Join this research study today!

• Help researchers learn how cannabis use may impact pain relief and your everyday typing habits.
• Complete engaging computer activities & quick surveys. Support research & get rewarded up to $260 for your time and effort.
• Compensation is only provided to participants who successfully complete the study.
• Do it all from home. This study is completely online.
• Support the development of new ways to monitor health remotely and cut down on clinic visits.
• Contribute to tools that could help doctors fine-tune treatments in real time.
• Share insights that could make life easier for others living with back or neck pain.

• You will receive a detailed outline of all details of the study, including treatment, risks, and procedures, and you will be given the chance to ask study staff questions before you decide whether to participate.
• If you decide to participate in the study and later feel that you no longer wish to be part of it, you can withdraw at any time
• Your records relating to this study and any other information received will be kept strictly confidential, except as required by the law.

Eligible:

• Adults aged 45 to 70 who have back or neck pain as their main reason for using medical cannabis.
• Must use cannabis occasionally, to the point of feeling intoxicated.
• Must primarily smoke or vape cannabis.
• Must use a Windows laptop or computer and type at least 3 times a day for at least 5 minutes each time (at least 15 minutes total per day).
• Must be willing and able to turn their camera on during study activities.
• Must be comfortable completing all study activities online for 1 month

Ineligible:

• Females who are currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next month.
• Those with alcohol use disorder, illicit substance use disorder (including cannabis use disorder), or who are currently in treatment for a substance use disorder (except nicotine).
• Those who currently experience psychosis.

Rutgers University
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