Clinical trials: Movement Disorders, Functional
Spinal Cord Injury
Grasping Function After Spinal Cord Injury
The overall goals of this proposal are to examine the contribution of physiological pathways to the control of grasping behaviors after cervical SCI, and to maximize the recovery of grasping by using tailored non-invasive brain…
- Trial name
- NCT03447509
- Testing
- iTMS, Motor Task, Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Alzheimer Disease
Optical Neuroimaging and Cognition
Dementia is associated with a variety of neurovascular and neurometabolic abnormalities. Traditional imaging techniques used to investigate such abnormalities, such as Positron Emission Tomography and functional Magnetic…
- Conditions
- Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- ONAC (NCT05460143)
- Testing
- Near-infrared Spectroscopy scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cambridge
Pain, Traumatic Brain Injury
The NRC Dataset. Developing a Minimum Dataset for Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation: a Modified E-Delphi Study
Several rehabilitation datasets are presently in use for specific patient groups in England. The 'National Clinical Audit of Specialist Rehabilitation for patients with complex needs following major injury' (NCASRI) evaluated…
- Conditions
- Pain, Traumatic Brain Injury, Major Trauma, Multiple Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT06726135
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ThomasCorbett
Stroke
Assessment of Eye Movements in Stroke Patients and Closed-loop Intervention
The current study evaluates first the assumption that eye-movements during free viewing behavior are potential biomarkers of visuospatial deficits in stroke population.
- Trial name
- EMS (NCT06965673)
- Testing
- Visual exploration training, Standard neuropsychological rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Healthy Individuals (Controls), Parkinson Disease
Motor Learning in Health and Movement Disorders: Role of Physical Activity and Advanced Devices
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate motor responses in healthy subjects and patients with movement disorders, brain and spinal cord injury, neuromuscular diseases, or cardiovascular diseases.
- Conditions
- Healthy Individuals (Controls), Parkinson Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- Allena-mente (NCT07066137)
- Testing
- CAREN, Control group
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Essential Tremor, Tremor
Functional Imaging of Tremor Circuits and Mechanisms of Treatment Response
Essential Tremor (ET) is the most common tremor disorder, currently affecting an estimated 2.9 million Americans and leading to disability and decreased quality of life in 75% of cases.
- Trial name
- NCT02495883
- Testing
- Ethanol, Propranolol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Parkinson Disease
Ioflupane I123 (DaTSCAN) and Positron Emission Tomography-computed Tomography Fludeoxyglucose (PET-CT FDG) to Assess Brain Function of Parkinson Patients' First Degree Relatives
Parkinson Disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative illnesses. First degree relatives of Parkinson patient are in high risk for developing the disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01089270
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tourette Syndrome
Dopaminergic Effects on Cortical Function in Tourette's (Levodopa Protocol)
Dr. Kevin J. Black at Washington University is conducting a study to learn whether we can use MRI scans to test dopamine function in the brain and to determine whether the brain performs memory tasks differently in Tourette…
- Trial name
- TSfMRI (NCT00634556)
- Testing
- levodopa solution 2mg/ml for i.v. use
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Stroke, Vascular Diseases
Passive Limb Movement Study
Stroke survivors have compromised vascular function which may contribute to secondary stroke risk, cardiovascular disease, and may limit their exercise tolerance.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Vascular Diseases, Ischemic
- Trial name
- PLM (NCT05935670)
- Testing
- Ischemic Conditioning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Brainstem Stroke
Optimizing BCI-FIT: Brain Computer Interface - Functional Implementation Toolkit
This project adds to non-invasive BCIs for communication for adults with severe speech and physical impairments due to neurodegenerative diseases.
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Brainstem Stroke, Muscular Dystrophies, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
- Trial name
- BCI-FIT (NCT04468919)
- Testing
- BCI-FIT multi-modal access, BCI-FIT adaptive signal modeling, BCI-FIT active querying
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Healthy, Epilepsy
Bridging Gaps in the Neuroimaging Puzzle: New Ways to Image Brain Anatomy and Function in Health and Disease Using Electroencephalography and 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The human brain presents outstanding challenges to science and medicine. Brain function and structure span broad spatial scales (from single neurons to brain-wide networks) as well as temporal scales (from milliseconds to years).
- Conditions
- Healthy, Epilepsy, Psychosis, Essential Tremor
- Trial name
- NCT05769933
- Testing
- Simultaneous EEG-fMRI at 7 Tesla, Structural MRI at 7 Tesla
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et Developpement
Parkinson's Disease
Visual Function During Gait in Parkinson's Disease: Impact of Cognition and Response to Visual Cues
Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with problems of gait such as veering, difficulty turning, an inability to perceive doorways or obstacles, and negotiate uneven terrain.
- Trial name
- NCT02610634
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Hyperthermia, Chronic Primary Pain
Hyperthermia in Patients With Chronic Primary Pain - Effects on Thermoregulation, Somatosensory System and Movement Evoked Pain
This study, in a quasi-experimental matched two-group pre-post design, investigates the effect of serial water-filtered whole-body hyperthermia on circadian core body temperature, the somatosensory system (nociception) and the…
- Conditions
- Hyperthermia, Chronic Primary Pain, Widespread Pain, Muscular Disease
- Trial name
- HYPPRI-1 (NCT07101978)
- Testing
- serial whole body hyperthermia
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bern University of Applied Sciences
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, Parkinson s Disease
Ginger-PD: Ginger as a Modifier of Ghrelin Levels and Gut Function in Parkinson's Disease
This study will test whether taking ginger supplements can increase ghrelin, a hunger hormone that is decreased in the blood of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and REM Sleep Behaviour disorder (RBD).
- Trial name
- Ginger-PD (NCT07882108)
- Testing
- Ginger
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Parkinson Disease
Human Aging and in Vivo Noradrenergic System
The main goal of this research proposal is to provide, for the first time in humans, a wider understanding of the role of the noradrenergic system both in health and illness (Parkinson's disease) through the use of a newly…
- Trial name
- NA_PET_MRI (NCT03942289)
- Testing
- The role of the noradrenergic system across the life span (Healthy Subjects), The role of the noradrenergic system across the life span (Parkinson's Disease Subjects)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Stroke, Muscle Spasticity
Upper-limb Active Function and Botulinum Toxin A
This study in an observational, prospective and longitudinal study. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX) injections into the elbow flexors on the reduction of spastic co-contractions…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Muscle Spasticity, Upper Extremity Paralysis
- Trial name
- ULAFBoT-Stroke (NCT03783572)
- Testing
- Clinical evaluation, Clinical evaluation and Instrumental evaluation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Constipation
A Study to Evaluate the Effects of a Natural Supplement in Adults With Chronic Functional Constipation
Constipation is common in the general population, especially in women and in the elderly. Hard stool is a complaint often associated with constipation, which suggests that stool softening would provide a major benefit in the…
- Trial name
- NCT02073006
- Testing
- Natural Fibre Supplement
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Atlantia Food Clinical Trials
Functional Movement Disorder
Virtual Reality in Functional Movement Disorder
This study investigates the effect of virtual reality (VR) motor tasks on functional movement disorders.
- Trial name
- VR-FMD (NCT06393439)
- Testing
- Virtual reality motor task
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Osteoarthrosis, Balance Control, Voluntary Movement Control
Physical Functioning Following Total Hip Arthroplasty
Adults suffer from Osteoarthrosis of hip joint that willing to participate in the study will be tested with well-established measuring techniques of Balance control using force plate before 3 month and 6 month after Total Knee…
- Trial name
- NCT00651430
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Soroka University Medical Center
Other Instability of Joint, Shoulder Region, Strain of Shoulder Muscle (Disorder)
The Effects of Muscle Characteristics on the Control of Shoulder Complex During Functional Movements
The movement control of shoulder joint relies not only on the glenohumeral joint, but also the critical contributions from scapulothoracic joint.
- Conditions
- Other Instability of Joint, Shoulder Region, Strain of Shoulder Muscle (Disorder), Movement Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT04176692
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tzu Chi University