Clinical trials: SCS, open to volunteers
Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury
Synergistic Effect of Non-invasive Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation
The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the potential synergy between non-invasive brain and spinal cord stimulation administered during a cognitive-motor task, in terms of their immediate effects on sensorimotor and…
- Conditions
- Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Able Bodied
- Trial name
- BrainSpineStim (NCT07334977)
- Testing
- tDCS, tSCS, Cognitive-Motor Task
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Functional Recovery in Humans With Tetraplegia
In support of the long-term goal of developing new strategies to increase limb function after SCI, the objectives of this proposal are to: 1) Examine the behavioral and physiological effects of TESS on upper-limb muscles after…
- Trial name
- NCT05157282
- Testing
- TESS, Training, Motor Task
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Spinal Cord Injuries
Acute and Chronic Repercussion of Spinal Cord Stimulation After Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this research is to learn about how the participant's body is able to balance changes in blood pressure, and how spinal cord stimulation affects these changes as well as immune \& cardiovascular function in…
- Trial name
- NCT07210411
- Testing
- Tests of sympathetic inhibition, Tests of above level sympathetic activation, Testing of below level sympathetic activation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Healthy Volunteers, Spinal Cord Injury
Chronic Transcutaneous Stimulation to Promote Motor Function and Recovery in Individuals With Paralysis or Paresis
This is an early feasibility trial to determine whether transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation, with or without transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, using an investigational neurostimulation device improves…
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteers, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Paralysis
- Trial name
- NCT04755699
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Modeling of Recruitment Curves
Adaptive Recruitment Curve Analysis Using Bayesian Modeling
The purpose of this study is to better understand how electrical or magnetic stimulation affect the nervous system by optimizing the way researchers measure muscle responses.
- Trial name
- NCT07561372
- Testing
- Algorithm: Uniform Sampling, Algorithm: hbMEP-adaptive algorithm (version 1), Algorithm: hbMEP-adaptive algorithm (version 2)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Disease
Paired Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation to Recover Hand Function in SCI
Individuals who suffer a spinal cord injury in the neck region have difficulty using their hands due to paralysis and/or weakness of their arms and hand muscles.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Disease, Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
- Trial name
- NCT06698224
- Testing
- Spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation, Paired spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
The Effect of Spinal Cord Stimulators on Restless Leg Syndrome
This study aims to evaluate neurophysiological responses and symptom changes in individuals with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and/or chronic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT07179406
- Testing
- H-Reflex, Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP), Vibratory Electrophysiological Response Potential (ERP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Neuromodulatory Effects of TSCS and FES in Lower Limbs
Ultrasound for Quantifying Muscle Activation Elicited by Spinal Cord Stimulation and Functional Electrical Stimulation
Transcutaneous (non-invasive) spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) has been shown to facilitate volitional motor activity in patients with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT07206797
- Testing
- Functional Electrical Stimulation, Transcutaneous (Non-Invasive) Spinal Cord Stimulation, Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Cerebral Palsy, Spasticity
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Children With Cerebral Palsy
The goal of this clinical trial is to help understand spinal cord excitability in children with cerebral palsy compared to neurologically typical children.
- Trial name
- NCT07516067
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Martin Piazza
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal Cord Stimulation and Training
This study will help the investigators better understand the changes in short-term excitability and long-term plasticity of corticospinal, reticulospinal and spinal neural circuits and how the changes impact the improvements of…
- Trial name
- NCT05472584
- Testing
- Electrophysiology assessment - corticospinal tract, Electrophysiology assessment - reticulospinal tract, Electrophysiology assessment - spinal motoneuron
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic
Cardiovascular Function and Response to Stimulation Within the First Year After Spinal Cord Injury
The study aims to explore how cardiovascular function changes in the first year after a spinal cord injury, and to see how different treatments, like spinal stimulation through the skin (transcutaneous spinal stimulation), affect…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Orthostatic Hypotension, Dysautonomic, Cardiovascular, Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06841198
- Testing
- spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation, Ice testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Prediabetes / Type 2 Diabetes
Neuromodulation for Metabolic Dysfunction
This study evaluates the use of noninvasive transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) to improve glucose regulation and metabolic function in individuals with and without spinal cord injury (SCI) across a spectrum of…
- Trial name
- NCT07597161
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rahul Sachdeva
Spinal Cord Injury
AI-Powered Closed-Loop Multielectrode Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: Real-Time Adjustments for Enhanced Motor Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury (AIM RECOVER)
Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in persistent motor deficits that are inadequately addressed by conventional rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- AIM RECOVER (NCT07452133)
- Testing
- Dynamic stimulation, Static stimulation
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Chronic Low-back Pain
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Low Back Pain
As a leading cause of disability worldwide, chronic low back pain (cLBP) represents a significant medical and socioeconomic problem with estimated health care spending of $87 billion/annually.
- Trial name
- NCT05265000
- Testing
- tSpinalStim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis
Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity Study
Spinal cord associative plasticity (SCAP) is a combined cortical and spinal electrical stimulation technique developed to induce recovery of arm and hand function in spinal cord injury.
- Conditions
- Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis, Cervical Myelopathy
- Trial name
- SCAP (NCT05163639)
- Testing
- Non-invasive pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation, Intraoperative pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation, Non-invasive repeated pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation (SCAP)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University