Clinical trials: Electrical Potential
IBM, Inclusion Body Myositis
Establishing Muscle Impedance Parameters With Electrical Impedance Myography
The primary aim of this study is to assess the changes in the impedance parameters of muscles in inclusion body myositis (IBM) through electrical impedance myography (EIM), an emerging non-invasive electrodiagnostic technology.
- Trial name
- NCT03633318
- Testing
- electrical impedance myography (EIM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Healthy Volunteers (HV)
Electrical Nerve Stimulation During Sleep for Memory Consolidation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (eTNS) applied during sleep on memory consolidation and brain-body physiological coupling.
- Trial name
- NCT07658274
- Testing
- 120 Hz Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, 2 Hz Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xidian University
Healthy State
Measuring Skin Electrical Potential With the Kelvin Probe: Minimizing Noise
The Scanning Kelvin Probe measures surface electrical potential without actually touching the skin. This is a pilot study to evaluate methods of minimizing noise during Scanning Kelvin Probe measurements.
- Trial name
- NCT01399879
- Testing
- Faraday cage, movement stabilization
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Heart Diseases, Cardiac Conduction Defect
Developing Methods for Reconstructing Electrical Heart Activity
Non-invasive reconstruction of electrical heart activity can yield important scientific and clinical insights in cardiac rhythm disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03947021
- Testing
- Computed tomography (CT) scan, Body-surface potential mapping
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Healthy Subjects
ABVN Phase 2 - PENFS
The vagus nerve is a nerve that controls many bodily functions, including stomach function. Investigators hope that electrically stimulating the nerve around the external ear will also stimulate the internal vagus nerve.
- Trial name
- ABVN2 (NCT07856446)
- Testing
- Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation (PENFS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Healthy Individuals, Skin Electrical Potential
Understanding the Physiological Implications of Scanning Kelvin Probe Measurements
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of skin thickness, skin moisture, and sweat gland density on Scanning Kelvin Probe measurements.
- Trial name
- NCT01545973
- Testing
- Skin Moistening, Skin Denuding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Combined Therapeutic Air Mixture and Electrical Stimulation to Improve Breathing and Hand Function in Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether people with paralysis due to a spinal cord injury can benefit from breathing short intermittent bouts of air with low oxygen (O2) combined with slightly higher levels of…
- Trial name
- AIHH+tSCS (NCT06101199)
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia, Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
AI-driven, Self-directed Blood Pressure Monitoring
imPulse™ Tor System Self-Directed Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring
Self-measured, non-invasive accurate blood pressure monitoring continues to be a major challenge for automated vital sign measurement systems.
- Trial name
- NCT05386654
- Testing
- imPulse™ Tor System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Level 42 AI, Inc.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Healthy Subjects
ABVN Phase 2 - EDS Wearable Device
The vagus nerve is a nerve that controls many bodily functions, including stomach function. Investigators hope that electrically stimulating the nerve around the external ear will also stimulate the internal vagus nerve.
- Trial name
- ABVN2 (NCT07856459)
- Testing
- ML1101 Stimulus Isolator, Cardiowatch Bracelet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Application of Electrical Impedance Myography (EIM) as a Potential Biomarker of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
1. To assess changes in impedance parameters in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIMs). 2. To assess whether EIM parameters are reflective of disease severity, based on clinical outcome measures of IIMs.
- Trial name
- NCT03918356
- Testing
- electrical impedance myography, healthy control group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Healthy Individuals, Acupuncture Points
Evaluating Acupuncture Points With Scanning Kelvin Probe
The purpose of this study is to characterize the surface electrical potential of acupuncture points with a Scanning Kelvin Probe.
- Conditions
- Healthy Individuals, Acupuncture Points, Electrical Potential
- Trial name
- NCT01545960
- Testing
- not applicable in this study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Healthy Volunteers
Non-invasive Neuromodulation NESA Through Somatosensory Evoked Potentials and Sympathetic-cutaneous Responses
Somatosensory evoked potentials are crucial in determining the physiological changes of potentials in nerve pathways. Although their main function is diagnostic, the investigators have recently been used as a physiological test…
- Trial name
- NCT04962737
- Testing
- Non-invasive Neuromodulation
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Cochlear Hearing Loss
Changes in the Threshold of Electrically Evoked Compound Action Potential in Children Following Cochlear Implantation
After cochlear implantation, cochlear nerve is stimulated by giving a current over the electrodes placed in the cochlea and the current is measured by electrically evoked Compound Action Potential (ECAP).This ECAP is measured…
- Trial name
- NCT03500718
- Testing
- Cochlear implant
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research
Pain Management
Acute Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation at Acupoints on Nociceptive Transmission
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) applied to acupoints can modulate pain transmission and cortical processing in healthy adult volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT07267052
- Testing
- transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), EEG machine
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Healthy Subjects
ABVN Phase 1 - Ear Stimulation
The vagus nerve is a nerve that controls many bodily functions, including stomach function. Investigators hope that electrically stimulating the nerve around the external ear will also stimulate the internal vagus nerve.
- Trial name
- ABVN1 (NCT04206540)
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Gastroparesis, Healthy Subjects
ABVN Phase 2 - Ear Stimulation
The vagus nerve is a nerve that controls many bodily functions, including stomach function. Investigators hope that electrically stimulating the nerve around the external ear will also stimulate the internal vagus nerve.
- Trial name
- ABVN2 (NCT06491758)
- Testing
- ML1101 Stimulus Isolator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Median Nerve Facilitates Low Motor Cortex Excitability in Human With Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a hereditary disorder with movement incoordination. The ataxia performed low intra-cortical facilitation mainly due to the degenerative cerebellum.
- Trial name
- NCT02103075
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University
Healthy Subjects
ABVN Phase 1 - Vagal Maneuvers
The vagus nerve is a nerve that controls many bodily functions, including stomach function. Investigators hope to be able to measure the activity of the vagus nerve when it is stimulated through simple physical techniques.
- Trial name
- ABVN1 (NCT07881276)
- Testing
- Vagal Maneuvers, Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) Recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Venous Thrombosis
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Versus Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Blood Flow
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a life threatening condition and a serious concern among hospitalized patients, with death occurring in approximately 6% of cases.
- Trial name
- NCT01862471
- Testing
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, Intermittent Pneumatic Compression
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
High Frequency Current
Effect of High Frequency Electrical Currents in Healthy Subjects.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the transcutaneous application of unmodulated high frequency alternating currents could produce a quickly conduction block of peripheral nerve.
- Trial name
- NCT02837458
- Testing
- High-Frequency
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha