Clinical trials: Electromyography
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
Stroke
Rehabilitating Corticospinal Control of Walking
The VHA estimates that over 15,000 Veterans incur a stroke each year. As the population of older Veterans grows, stroke will become an increasingly important problem to the VHA.
- Trial name
- ABC of Walking (NCT02132650)
- Testing
- ACC training, SS training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Muscle Weakness
Electromyography in Patients on Chronic Pyridostigmine Therapy
We intend to measure evoked EMG at two sites in subjects who are chronically taking pyridostigmine.
- Trial name
- NCT02364180
- Testing
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Fatigue
The Effect of Sildenafil and Tadalafil on Skeletal Muscle and Perceptual Fatigue
This study is funded by the Moody Endowment. In this project, we will investigate the potential effect of skeletal muscle nitric oxide (NO) production on skeletal muscle anabolism, muscle strength, physical function, and body…
- Trial name
- NCT01661595
- Testing
- Sildenafil, tadalafil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Upper-Extremity Motor Recovery in Post-stroke Hemiparesis
The results of this study will provide sound, scientific evidence of physiologic mechanisms responsible for upper-extremity weakness; evidence of the processes involved in neuromuscular adaptation; and will elucidate the…
- Trial name
- NCT00125658
- Testing
- Control, Experimental
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke
Efficacy Study of FES Controlled by Electromyographic Signal for the Treatment of Upper Limb in Post-stroke Patients
Goal of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of Myoelectrically-controlled Functional Electrical Stimulation (MeCFES) for the rehabilitation of upper limb in post-stroke patients.
- Trial name
- RiSES (NCT03019744)
- Testing
- MeCFES-assisted task-oriented upper limb rehabilitation, Usual Care task-oriented upper limb rehabilitation
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Nerve Compression Syndromes
Treatment for Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow
The purpose of the study is to investigate utility and appropriateness of treatment interventions taking into account the presumed mechanisms of two main varieties of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE).
- Conditions
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Nerve Compression Syndromes, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- Trial name
- UNETREAT (NCT03651609)
- Testing
- Simple decompression of the ulnar nerve, Conservative treatment
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction Assessment
The purpose of the study is to understand the exact mechanism of the activity of paratubal muscles in opening eustachian tube in patients with the functional eustachian tube and those with the eustachian tube dysfunction problem.
- Trial name
- ETDA (NCT02667301)
- Testing
- EMG recording, Tympanic Cavity Air Exchange Test, Tympanometer test
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stratejik Yenilikci Girisimler Ltd.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Transmembrane Electromyography (TM-EMG) for the Assessment of Neuromuscular Function in the Oropharynx
This is a pilot study to examine the diagnostic utility of a novel transmembrane surface sensor, and compare signals obtained with the transmembrane sensor to conventional needle EMG signals from healthy volunteers to those with…
- Conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophies, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT03986671
- Testing
- Transmembrane EMG Oropharynx Probe
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Powell Mansfield Inc.
Stroke
Internally Versus Externally Guided Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT) for Locomotor Recovery Post-stroke
The overriding goal of this proposal is to identify the critical physiological and biomechanical effects of BWSTT for promoting improved locomotor function in persons with post-stroke hemiparesis.
- Trial name
- NCT00125619
- Testing
- Locomotor training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain
Neuromodulation in Lower Limb Amputees
The goal of this study is to investigate the role of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on spinal cord excitability in lower limb amputees.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain, Hoffman's Reflex
- Trial name
- NCT04543786
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh