Clinical trials: Paratonia
Dementia Alzheimers
Surface EMG to Measure Paratonia in Dementia
Rationale: A prominent and degenerative motor symptom of dementia is paratonia that heavily affects quality of life. However, paratonia is poorly recognized and the diagnosis yet relies on subjective evaluation by caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT05606445
- Testing
- Elbow movement
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Dementia, Gait
Fine and Gross Motor Function and Relationship With Muscle Tone in Older Adults With and Without Dementia
The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate changes in gait, balance, fine motor function, and muscle tone, and (2) to find out if there is a correlation between muscle tone/presence of paratonia and motor function (gross…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Gait, Balance, Muscle Tone
- Trial name
- NCT03479567
- Testing
- Gait accelerometry, balance accelerometry, Fine motor skill test
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Healthy
EMG-Assessed Paratonia: A New Approach to Response Inhibition
Paratonia is the inability to relax muscles during the assessment of muscle tone in the absence of spasticity and parkinsonian rigidity.
- Trial name
- NCT06573918
- Testing
- EMG-based assessment of paratonia
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universita degli Studi di Genova