Clinical trials: Electrical Stimulation
Cortical Excitability, Healthy
Assessing the Effects of Hormones on Noninvasive Transcranial Stimulation
This study is investigating how two types of non-invasive brain stimulation, transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), affect brain activity, and whether combining them produces…
- Conditions
- Cortical Excitability, Healthy, TMS, Menstrual Cycle
- Trial name
- NCT07635017
- Testing
- Transcranial Electrical Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TES + TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carnegie Mellon University
Female Sexual Dysfunction
Surface Stimulation for Female Sexual Dysfunction
Female sexual dysfunction, including sexual arousal disorder, has a significant clinical impact, affecting millions of women in the United States alone.
- Trial name
- NCT02692417
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Timothy Bruns
Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Incontinence
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Electrical Stimulation to Treat Pelvic Floor Disorder
Female pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) include urinary incontinence,pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and fecal incontinence-which often occur together.
- Trial name
- NCT02185235
- Testing
- Electrical Stimulation, Biofeedback, Pelvic Floor Training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mackay Memorial Hospital
Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia, Spinal
Modeling, Optimization, and Control Methods for a Personalized Hybrid Walking Exoskeleton
The central objective of this study is to validate new algorithms that coordinate between functional electrical stimulation (FES) and the exoskeleton during sitting-to-standing, walking, and standing-to-sitting movements.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia, Spinal, Paraplegia, Incomplete
- Trial name
- NCT04453943
- Testing
- Exoskeleton Walking - with or without FES, Exoskeleton Sitting to Standing - with or without FES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Essential Tremor, Healthy Individuals
Impact of Sensory Electrical Stimulation on Sensation and Tremor
The purpose of this study is to understand the acute, short-term and long-term impact of transcutaneous and/or percutaneous electrical stimulation with afferent-specific electrical stimulation (asES) on proprioception and fine…
- Trial name
- NCT06428526
- Testing
- Continuous stimulation strategy, Closed-loop stimulation strategy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Mucositis
Therapies for Salivary Flux Stimulation in Patients Transplanted With Hematopoietic Stem Cells
The transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (THSC) is a therapeutic modality developed for the treatment of various diseases such as leukemia, bone marrow aplasia, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, among others.
- Trial name
- NCT00929825
- Testing
- mechanical stimulation (Elastomers), TENS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Minas Gerais
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
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Functioning and Mood State, Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
taVNS During Multi-site HRV Measurement: Reliability & Agreement Study
This study examines the reliability and agreement of autonomic nervous system measurements obtained from different anatomical sites during transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS).
- Conditions
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Functioning and Mood State, Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Blood Pressure Monitoring, Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
- Trial name
- taVNS-HRV (NCT07548723)
- Testing
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEFA HAKTAN HATIK
Healthy Subjects
Safety Study Based on Transcranial Electrical Stimulation in Chile: a Case Series Study
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique that delivers low-intensity, direct current to cortical areas facilitating or inhibiting spontaneous neuronal activity.
- Trial name
- NCT04245059
- Testing
- Multi-channel Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corporación de Rehabilitación Club de Leones Cruz del Sur
Hamstring Flexibility, Hamstring Muscle Tightness
Effects of Combining PNF With NMES in Young Football Players
Hamstring muscle injuries are common in sports like football and often lead to extended periods of inactivity. This study aims to compare the effects of two different stretching programs on hamstring flexibility, with a secondary…
- Trial name
- PNF+NMES (NCT07075497)
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), Contract-Relax PNF (crPNF)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cardenal Herrera University
C.Delivery; Surgery (Previous), Gynecological, Inappropriate Device Stimulation of Tissue
The Effect of TEAS on the Quality of Early Recovery
During the past four decades, gynecologic laparoscopy has evolved from a limited method to an advanced operative approach that frequently serves as a substitute for laparotomy.
- Conditions
- C.Delivery; Surgery (Previous), Gynecological, Inappropriate Device Stimulation of Tissue, Delayed Emergence From Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT02619578
- Testing
- TEAS, Con, propofol, remifentanil, vecuronium
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
Ageing
Effect of a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Device on Overall Facial Appearance
Safety and clinical performance of the BMR Face device (manufactured by Bio-Medical Research)
- Trial name
- NCT01740440
- Testing
- BMR Face
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bio-Medical Research, Ltd.
Anesthesia, Pain
Remimazolam NeuroImaging
This is a single-arm functional MRI study that will determine the effects of remimazolam on cognition and brain activity and connectivity at rest, during noxious stimulation, and during a memory encoding task
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Pain, Remimazolam
- Trial name
- REMAZ (NCT07290205)
- Testing
- Remimazolam, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Keith M Vogt
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
PONV Prevention Via Percutaneous Nerve Electrical Stimulation on PC6
This study aims to certify the effectiveness of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation at Pericardium 6 (PC6) via a wearable equipment during perioperative period on preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting.
- Trial name
- NCT06241547
- Testing
- electrical stimualtion via EmeTerm bracelet, antimetic drugs（ dexamethasone，ondansetron）
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 326 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Metaplasticity
Improving Hand Movement Training Through Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
This study will determine if applying electrical stimulation of the brain can influence training to perform finger movements. The study may provide information that can be used to design rehabilitation therapies for people who…
- Trial name
- NCT00331318
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Fractures, Closed
The Use of NMES With Pelvic Fracture Rehabilitation
The purpose of the study is to investigate if using an electrical stimulation machine to see if it can help strengthen the muscles around the hip during the first three months post pelvic fracture will help with the early stages…
- Trial name
- NCT03298425
- Testing
- Treatment NMES
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
Real HD-tDCS, Sham HD-tDCS
Determining the Specificity of High Definition Electrical Brain Stimulation Using Simultaneous Magnetoencephalography
Non-invasive human brain stimulation using weak transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) has been thousands of times in research studies over the past fifteen years as a therapy to help improve the effectiveness of repeated…
- Conditions
- Real HD-tDCS, Sham HD-tDCS, Visual Task, Motor Task
- Trial name
- NCT02060708
- Testing
- HD-tDCS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment
tES Effects on Associative Memory Performance
Previous studies showed that transcranial electric stimulation (tES) applied over the prefrontal cortex improves cognitive performance in healthy elderly adults as well as in patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment or…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03351452
- Testing
- real anodal transcranial direct current stimulation, real transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Spinal Cord Injuries, Healthy
Eccentric Muscle Training, Stimulation, and Biomarkers in SCI
The investigators are studying a new rehabilitation treatment for individuals trying to recover walking after spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- NCT05337982
- Testing
- Downhill Eccentric Treadmill Training with Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Persistent Postherniotomy Pain
Pain After Deep Electrical Stimulation in the Groin in Pain Free Subjects
Sensory disturbances in persistent postherniotomy pain, include hyperalgesia from deeper structures as well as the skin. Whether this is one combined pain syndrome, where for instance deep pain leads to cutaneous hyperalgesia, or…
- Trial name
- HADES-1 (NCT01701427)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet