Clinical trials: Gestures
Healthy
Mirroring a Movement
This study will determine if the type of gesture, increased quantity of an image, and the number of times a face is shown repeating a gesture bring about activation in the "mirror neurons." Researchers aim to learn about which…
- Trial name
- NCT00123448
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Stuttering, Down Syndrome
How Stuttering and Gestures Influence the Intelligibility of Individuals With Down Syndrome
This study wants to determine the relationship between spontaneous hand gestures, stuttering and intelligibility in individuals with Down syndrome. One third of these individuals has fluency problems, such as stuttering.
- Conditions
- Stuttering, Down Syndrome, Intelligibility, Speech, Gestures
- Trial name
- NCT03698539
- Testing
- hand gestures
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Pediatric Tumor
Use of Virtual Reality in Pain Management in Pediatric Oncology
DOREVI is a monocentric randomized controlled study that will evaluate the efficacy of virtual reality helmets for pain prevention during invasive care on 78 oncologic pediatric patients.
- Trial name
- DOREVI (NCT05592132)
- Testing
- Virtual reality headset
- Where
- Reunion
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Gesture Control
The majority of schizophrenia patients is impaired in hand gesture performance, which contributes to poor functional outcome and poor communication skills.
- Trial name
- GestTMS (NCT03483909)
- Testing
- left IFG iTBS, right IPL cTBS
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Cancer, Pain
Study of the Efficacy of Kalinox® 170 Bar in Adult Oncology
In the oncology practice, The National Union of the Centres of Fight Against the Cancer recently published the Standards, Options and Recommendations for the coverage of the pains provoked during the invasive gestures of a short…
- Trial name
- NCT00646945
- Testing
- 50% Oxygen/50% Nitrous oxide premix (Kalinox 170 bar), 50% Oxygen/50% Nitrogen premix
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- Air Liquide Santé International
Stroke
Evaluation of the Gertner Tele-Motion-Rehabilitation System for Stroke Rehabilitation
The overall goal of the study is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a home-based tele-motion-rehabilitation (TMR) program in improving functional status of people who had stroke.
- Trial name
- GertnerTMR (NCT01655264)
- Testing
- Home-based self training exercises for weak upper extremity, Tele-rehabilitation exercises for weak upper extremity
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Gestures
Cognitive Skills and Iconic Gestures
In this study, cognitive skills will be identified that underlie the production of iconic gestures in individuals with language difficulties.
- Trial name
- NCT03387748
- Testing
- Gesture elicitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Healthy Volunteers
High Dimensional Computing Gesture Recognition
The primary objective of this study is the Improvement of gesture recognition and classification accuracy through the use of the HDC algorithm compared to other classification methods (KNN, RF, SGD, NC).
- Trial name
- HDC-GCog (NCT07155460)
- Testing
- HDC-GCog
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Down Syndrome
Symbolic Representation in Young Children With Down Syndrome
The aim of this study is to characterize the process of constitution of symbolic representation in infants with Down syndrome, as well as to investigate the relationship between gestures and the emergence of oral language.
- Trial name
- NCT00668980
- Where
- 3 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Kayak Polo, Overhead
Analysis of the Kinematics of the Shoulder Complex in Sports "Overhead" Gestures Such as Kayaking Polo Throwing (Overhead)
The objective of this study is to analyze the throwing gesture specific to the kayak polo. A throw in a seated position with fixation of the pelvis (by the seat) and antepulsion of the hip ipsilateral to the throwing shoulder.
- Trial name
- Overhead (NCT05111470)
- Testing
- Arm throws with his dominant arm
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche
Aphasia, Stroke
Neural Synchronization During Gesture Production and Comprehension in Individuals With Aphasia and Healthy Controls: A Study Using EEG Hyperscanning
This study explores the neural mechanisms of gesture comprehension and production in people with aphasia (PWA) and healthy controls, focusing on brain synchronization during gesture observation and reproduction.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Stroke, Gestures
- Trial name
- RIAB_GESTO (NCT07518563)
- Testing
- Person with Aphasia
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Major Depressive Episode (MDE), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
LHC-CIDI-5 in Hong Kong
The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview-5th (CIDI-5) is a standardized diagnostic tool used to assess the prevalence of mental and substance use disorders over varying time frames (30 days, 12…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Episode (MDE), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Persistent Depressive Disorder (PDD), Suicidal Ideation
- Trial name
- NCT06804525
- Testing
- CIDI-5, LHC-CIDI-5
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Down Syndrome
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Lexical Gain in Children With Down Syndrome
Children with Down syndrome (DS) have language development particularities that have negative effects in the communication capacity. By this way, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is indicated to this population.
- Trial name
- NCT00689988
- Testing
- speech-language therapy with AAC intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo