Clinical trials: EMG
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Neuromuscular Diseases
Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Breathing in Neuromuscular Disease
This project seeks to investigate the effects of a single acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) session on respiratory and non-respiratory motor function and EMG (electromyography) activity on patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral…
- Trial name
- AIH-ALS (NCT03645031)
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Low Back Pain
Cramer Sports Motion Tape and Low Back Pain EMG
Low back pain is a problem which affects up to 70-80% of people in their lifetime. In the United States, it is estimated that the total direct and indirect costs of low back pain combined ranges from $19.6 to $118.8 billion.
- Trial name
- KT_LBP_EMG (NCT02122445)
- Testing
- Cramer Sports Motion Tape
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Sport and Spine Rehab Clinical Research Foundation
Face Pain
Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Versus Lidocaine in Treating Masticatory Myofascial Face Pain Using Ultrasound and EMG Guided Techniques
Botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) prevents the release of acetylcholine in presynaptic terminals of the neuromuscular junction. It has been proposed to be effective in spastic conditions of the head and neck including oromandibular…
- Trial name
- NCT00992108
- Testing
- lidocaine, chemodenervation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Pregnancy
Electrode-based Sensor for Non-invasive Fetal Heart Rate and EMG Monitoring With Improved Reliability
The specific goal of the proposed research is to develop a reliable, non-invasive fetal and maternal heart rate and contraction monitor that is unaffected by obesity and requires less nursing intervention than the tocodynamometer…
- Trial name
- NCT01400880
- Testing
- Electrode-based Sensor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Convergent Engineering, Inc.
Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia
Multimodal Exercises to Improve Leg Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Many people with spinal cord injury (SCI) retain at least some movement below their injury, but their muscles often have a 'mind of their own'.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia, Paraparesis
- Trial name
- NCT01740128
- Testing
- Robotic body weight supported treadmill training, Harness-supported multimodal balance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pregnancy - Labor Monitoring
Comparison of SureCALL® EMG Labor Monitor® and Tocodynamometer to Intrauterine Pressure Catheter Measurement (IUPC) Measurement in Pregnant Women
This measurement study was designed to evaluate the performance of SureCALL® EMG Labor Monitor® (SureCALL®) to the predicate Tocodynamometer device (TOCO) using the performance of an Intrauterine Pressure Catheter device (IUPC)…
- Trial name
- NCT01282710
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Reproductive Research Technologies, LP
Child
Backpack Load and Spine Muscles Activity
The purpose of the present study is to analyze the influence of four backpack loading conditions (0, 10, 15 and 20% of body weight) on the electromyographic activity of the neck and lumbar muscles of elementary school children.
- Trial name
- BLSMA (NCT02725645)
- Testing
- loading conditions
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Fernando Pessoa
Stroke, Weakness, Muscle
EMG Training for Altering Activation Patterns After Stroke
Evaluation of a new EMG controlled game to improve hand function in chronic stroke survivors.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Weakness, Muscle, Coordination Lack
- Trial name
- NCT03619772
- Testing
- Bilateral, Unilateral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Lower Extremity Pain of a Mechanical Origin
Custom Molded Foot Orthoses Effect on Foot Kinematics and Lower Extremity Electromyography During Walking and Running.
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of two types of in-shoe custom made orthotics in altering the motion of the foot and muscle activity of select muscles of the lower leg in individuals experiencing…
- Trial name
- SOLE (NCT02143947)
- Testing
- Maximal Arch Subtalar Stabilization, Full Contact Orthosis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Quinnipiac University
Stroke
Post Stroke Walking Kinematics Using the Honda Walking Assist Robotic Exoskeleton
To investigate the effect of a robotic exoskeleton on kinematics, muscle activity, ground reaction forces and spatiotemporal characteristics during walking in persons post stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT03828214
- Testing
- Robotic exoskeleton for walking assist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- College of St. Scholastica, Inc.
Low Back Pain
EMG Activation of Gluteal Musculature During Exercises With and Without Resistance
The gluteus medius (Gmed) and gluteus maximus (Gmax) muscles are important components in the treatment of many lower limb injuries.
- Trial name
- GlutEMG02 (NCT01841216)
- Testing
- Lower Body Exercises with and without resistance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sport and Spine Rehab Clinical Research Foundation
Neuromuscular Blockade
Evaluation of the Tof Cuff for Perioperative Neuromuscular Transmission
Acceleromyography (AMG) is the most wide spread used method to assess neuromuscular block during anesthesia. However AMG is known to be inaccurate when compared to the gold standard in neuromuscular transmission monitoring…
- Trial name
- NCT03117387
- Testing
- Measurements of the level of neuromuscular blockade
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Leiden University Medical Center
Biomechanical Phenomena
Effect of Dynamic Taping on Landing Biomechanics in Athletes With Symptoms of Patellar Tendinopathy
Patellar tendinopathy (PT) is an overuse injury associated with loading activities, and popular among basketball and volleyball players.
- Trial name
- NCT05454449
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Neuromuscular Block
Can Adequacy of Anesthesia Depth and Quality of Recovery be Influenced by the Level of Neuromuscular Blockade?
The investigators hypothesize that an anesthetic protocol maintaining deep neuromuscular block throughout the entire surgical procedure followed by sugammadex reversal, would suppress EMG activity and result in improved…
- Trial name
- NCT02484651
- Testing
- Sugammadex, Rocuronium
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Centro Hospitalar do Porto
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Epidural Lavage Study for Lumbar Stenosis
The purpose of this research is to find out if there are inflammatory biomarkers (also known as biological markers) in epidural space that can predict response to an epidural steroid injection.
- Trial name
- NCT03511053
- Testing
- Epidural Steroid Injection with Lavage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Dallas VA Medical Center
Low Back Pain
The Effect of Lumbar Stabilization Exercise and Gait Training on Lower Back Muscles- Electromyographic(EMG) Analysis
The purpose of this study is to determine the effective exercise protocol in chronic low back pain patients.
- Trial name
- EMG (NCT02938169)
- Testing
- exercise
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Chronic Low Back Pain, Mechanical Low Back Pain
Use of Biofeedback Training to Correct Abnormal Neuromechanical Pattern in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the benefit of biofeedback training on the capacity of chronic low back pain patients to decrease their lumbar paraspinal muscles activity during trunk full flexion and its…
- Trial name
- NCT02239289
- Testing
- Biofeedback
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Non-relaxing Puborectalis Syndrome
Ultrasound and EMG Guided Botox Injection for the Treatment of Non-Relaxing Puborectalis Syndrome
Our study aims to determine the efficacy of ultrasound and EMG guided Botox injections into the puborectalis muscle in women with non-relaxing puborectalis syndrome.
- Trial name
- NCT01780636
- Testing
- botulinum toxin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Karen Noblett
Stroke
Novel Training Environment to Normalize Altered Finger Force Direction Post Stroke
Despite the functional importance, fingertip forces are rarely explicitly addressed with feedback in therapy. This gap in treatment is due to a lack of tools to provide explicit feedback on patients' volitional finger force…
- Trial name
- NEAD (NCT03995069)
- Testing
- 3D, 1D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Epilepsy
Presurgical Motor Mapping With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
The aim of the study is to examine the degree of concordance between presurgical neuronavigation guided TMS (nTMS) and direct cortical stimulation (DCS) in identifying hand motor cortex in adults undergoing epilepsy surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT02741193
- Testing
- The Magstim Rapid2,
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health