Clinical trials: H-reflex
Stroke, Chronic Stroke
Reflex Excitability in Post-stroke Stiff-Knee Gait
The purpose of this study is to examine the reflex excitability of the rectus femoris in individuals with and without post-stroke Stiff-Knee gait.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Chronic Stroke, Gait, Hemiplegic, Gait, Spastic
- Trial name
- NCT04947865
- Testing
- Peripheral nerve stimulation, Commercial knee brace
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Muscle Force, Explosive Strength and Vertical Jump Height
The Effects of Combining Whole Body Vibration Training With Plyometric Jumping on the Neuromuscular Adaptations of Human Triceps Surae Muscles
Muscle force, explosive strength and vertical jump height are important parameters determining the performance of athletes. Traditionally, high intensity resistance training, explosive strength training and plyometric training…
- Trial name
- NCT01281670
- Testing
- vibration
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Muscle Tone Abnormalities
Effectiveness of Deep Dry Needling on Muscle Tone in Healthy Subjects
The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of dry needling of the soleus muscle to modulate muscle tone in healthy non-injured subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT02575586
- Testing
- Intervention-Dry Needling, Control-Dry Needling
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Multiple Sclerosis, Muscle Spasticity
Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation for Lower-Limb Spasticity and Pain in Multiple Sclerosis
Spasticity and neuropathic pain are frequent and disabling symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique that may modulate cortical and corticospinal…
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Muscle Spasticity, Neuropathic Pain
- Trial name
- TMS-SPASMS (NCT07786506)
- Testing
- Active Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- Slovakia
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Comenius University
Spasticity as Sequela of Stroke
Immediate Effect of Johnstone's Pressure Splint Added to Stretching on the Spasticity in Cerebrovascular Disease.
TITLE: Immediate effect of Johnstone's Pressure Splint added to Stretching on the spasticity of elbow flexors and wrist in Cerebrovascular Disease (CVD).
- Trial name
- NCT03675958
- Testing
- Johnstone's Pressure Splint, Stretching
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
Spasticity
Importance of the Current Density in TENS
The purpose of this study is demonstrate the importance of density current of TENS in the effect about H-reflex in healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT02718690
- Testing
- TENS
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Spasticity
Modulation of H-reflex After Application of Electric Currents in Healthy People
The purpose of this study is to determinate whether the application of electric currents produce changes in the excitability of alpha moto neurone.
- Trial name
- NCT02718989
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation, 10Kilohertz (KHz)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Muscle Spasticity, Physiology
The Effect of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) on Spasticity in Poststroke Hemiplegia
The primary purpose of this study is to show whether WBV application has antispastic effect. The secondary aim is to demonstrate whether WBV has neuromodulatory activity on increased stretch reflex and motor neuron activity…
- Trial name
- WBV (NCT03916770)
- Testing
- Real vibrator
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
Effects of Vibration
Bone Myoregulation Reflex & Presynaptic Ia Inhibition
Hypotheses of this study are 1. Bone myoregulation reflex (BMR) inhibits presynaptically H-reflex during whole-body vibration (WBV) 2.
- Trial name
- NCT03016286
- Testing
- vibration
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital
Diabetic Neuropathies
Effect of Cocoa Supplementation Peripheral and Autonomic Diabetic Neuropathy
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a high incidence disease in Mexico and is associated with the development of chronic degenerative complications such as diabetic neuropathy.
- Trial name
- NCT05247034
- Testing
- Cocoa
- Where
- 3 sites in Mexico
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Anahuac University
Stroke
The Effects of WBV on Muscle Stiffness and Reflex Activity in Stroke.
Spastic hypertonia is common after stroke. Whole-body vibration (WBV) is known to have modulatory effects of muscle reflex activity and blood flow in other populations and thus have potential applications in the management of…
- Trial name
- NCT03015545
- Testing
- paretic leg-control, paretic leg-WBV, non-paretic leg-control
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kinesiology Taping
Effects of Kinesiology Tape Tensions on Gastrocnemius and Soleus H-reflex Modulations
Kinesio tape (KT) has been widely used in the areas of sports and physical therapy (Kase, 2003). The effect of KT tensions on H-reflex modulation has not been discussed in the literature.
- Trial name
- NCT03865251
- Testing
- Kinesiology tape
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Taipei
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Effects of Multimodal Physical Therapy in Patients With Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Purposes of the study To investigate the effect of Multimodal Physical Therapy on pain, daiablility H-reflex, and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Parameters in Patients With Lumbosacral Radiculopathy.
- Trial name
- NCT06058806
- Testing
- Multimodal Physical Therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Laminectomy
Neural Mobilization and Conventional Physical Therapy After Laminectomy
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of addition of neural mobilization to a standard post-operative physical therapy program in patients with lumbar laminectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT04498338
- Testing
- Neural mobilization combined with conventional physical therapy program, Conventional physical therapy program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy, McKenzie Derangement Syndrome
Effect of Combined Lumbar Traction and Repetitive Back Extension Exercise on H-reflex in Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of performing combined lumbar traction and repeated back extension exercise (McKenzie) on soleus H-reflex, pain, and disability in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy.
- Trial name
- NCT06216288
- Testing
- Repeated back extension exercise (McKenzie), Mechanical traction
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Parkinson
Suprapostural Attention Focus and Postural Difficulty on H-reflex and Brain Activity: Aging and Parkinson's Disease
Inherent with intricate allocation of brain resource and attention shift, postural-suprapostural task is defined as postural control takes place while the other concurrent task is being performed.
- Trial name
- NCT02539446
- Testing
- stable condition, unstable condition, attentional focus
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Low Back Pain
H-reflex Responses to High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Manipulation
High-Velocity Low-Amplitude (HVLA) manipulation is a known technique of the Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) for somatic dysfunction (SD), and heart rate variability and H-reflex response are possible variables to assess…
- Trial name
- NCT02406807
- Testing
- HVLA manipulation
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Brasileiro de Osteopatia
Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia, Spinal
Transspinal Stimulation Plus Locomotor Training for SCI
Locomotor training is often used with the aim to improve corticospinal function and walking ability in individuals with Spinal Cord Injury.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Paraplegia, Spinal, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis, Paraplegia, Spastic
- Trial name
- NCT04807764
- Testing
- Standing transspinal stimulation followed by robotic gait training, Lying transspinal stimulation followed by robotic gait training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- City University of New York
Training
Operant H-reflex Down-conditioning of Rectus Femoris in Post-stroke Stiff Knee Gait
The investigators performed a feasibility trial of operant conditioning of spinal reflex excitability on five healthy individuals and two post-stroke individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT05467774
- Testing
- Operant RF H-reflex conditioning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Post Stroke Spasticity
Effect of TENS on Spasticity
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is effective in reducing spasticity in adults with post-stroke spasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT07669649
- Testing
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Izmir Katip Celebi University