Clinical trials: Sense of Touch
Idiopathic Scoliosis
Complementary Therapies in Spinal Fusion Patients
In this pilot study, our central hypothesis is that two CAM modalities, hypnosis and healing touch as adjunct therapies to the standard of care, will improve analgesic use for post operative pain.
- Trial name
- NCT02409615
- Testing
- Hypnosis Therapy, Healing Touch Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Injuries to the Wrist and Hand
Use Of Three Commercial Preparations Of Injectable Hyaluronic Acid In Hands Rejuvenation
Assessment of efficacy of hyaluronic acid - Emervel® Volume Lidocaine combined or not with Emervel® Touch and Emervel® Deep Lidocaine combined or not with Emervel® Touch in female patients with loss of fatty tissue in hands.
- Trial name
- NCT01774396
- Testing
- Emervel® Touch, Emervel® Volume Lidocaine and Emervel® Deep Lidocaine
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hexsel Dermatology Clinic
Preterm Birth, Parent-Child Relations
Biological Underpinnings of Socio-emotional Regulation in Preterm Infants and Healthy Controls
Preterm infants (PT) often need to spend their first weeks of life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they are exposed to several adverse conditions.
- Conditions
- Preterm Birth, Parent-Child Relations, Epigenetics
- Trial name
- NCT05253924
- Testing
- DNA methylation of target genes, EEG acquisition
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Optometry
Smart Touch Non-dispensing Handling Studies
This study is a randomized, contralateral, investigator-masked non-dispensing study, to investigate the microbial contamination rates on the back surface of two types of soft contact lenses (hydrogel and silicone hydrogel)…
- Trial name
- NCT03253393
- Testing
- Smart Touch Technology packaging, Conventional lens packaging, EDTA
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of New South Wales
Sport Injury, Osteoarthritis, Knee
Biometric Recognition and Rehabilitation Assessment of Lower Extremity Sports Injury Based on Gait Touch Information
The current common clinical methods cannot truly reflect the biomechanical status of the knee joint. Based on the foot-knee coupling mechanism, the simple and practical dynamic gait touch information provided by the 3D force…
- Trial name
- NCT04462913
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Preterm Birth, Parent-Child Relations
Skin-to-skin Contact in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Caregiving Touch and Neural Correlates of Slow Stroking Touch in Preterm Infants
Preterm (PT) infants spend their first weeks of life in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where receive little affective physical contact, which plays a crucial role in brain development.
- Trial name
- NCT04293939
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Risonance Imaging (fMRI) acquisition
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Infantile Colic, Therapeutic Touch
The Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Colic Symptoms in Infantile Colic Infants: A Randomized Controlled Study
Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of therapeutic touch applied to infants with infantile colic on infant colic scale score, crying and sleep time.
- Trial name
- NCT04286737
- Testing
- Therapeutic Touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University
Amputation
Virtual Neuroprosthesis: Restoring a Sense of Touch to Amputees
The overall goal of this project is to develop a virtual neuroprosthesis in which a facsimile of a neural implant is externalized and housed in a well-controlled microfluidic chamber, thereby abating the intrinsic limitations of…
- Trial name
- NCT03581448
- Testing
- Sensory Restoration During Prosthesis Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida Atlantic University
Loneliness, Hope
The Effect Of Therapeutic Touch On Loneliness and Hopelessness
The effect of therapeutic touch applied to hemodialysis patients on the level of loneliness and hopelessness is being investigated. It encourages nurses to practice therapeutic touch.
- Trial name
- nursing (NCT05024201)
- Testing
- THERAPEUTİC TOUCH FOR HEMODİALYSİS PATİENTS
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zehra Bayram
Baths
The Effect of Newborn's First Bath Time on Physiological Variables
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the first bath timing after birth on the physiological variables of the newborn and to determine the correct bath time. 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06242340
- Testing
- Preterm group bathing 24 hours after birth., Preterm group bathing 48 hours after birth., Early term group bathing 24 hours after birth.
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karadeniz Technical University
Prosthetic
Sensory Feedback for Touch and Proprioception With Prosthetic Limbs
Upper limb amputation is a devastating injury that leaves many thousands of typically young and active individuals in the US to rely on artificial arms and hands to help restore their lost function.
- Trial name
- NCT02189031
- Testing
- Tactor array, Bypass Tactor
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Depressive Symptoms Mild to Moderate in Severity
Therapeutic Touch and Acupressure on Depressive Symptoms
Therapeutic touch intervention Participants in the therapeutic touch group received eight sessions over four weeks (two sessions per week), with each session lasting approximately 20 minutes.
- Trial name
- Postmenopausal (NCT07532512)
- Testing
- Therapeutic touch intervention, Acupressure intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Stress (Psychology), Resilience, Psychological
High-Tech, High-Touch
Medical students often experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and poor sleep, especially during their first year and around exams.
- Conditions
- Stress (Psychology), Resilience, Psychological, Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT07916818
- Testing
- Wearable ring with continuous biometric monitoring, AI health coaching application, Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Touro University, California
Stress, Anxiety
The Effect of Therapeutic Touch and Reiki Application on Anxiety and Stress Levels in Female Academicians
Stress and anxiety form an integral part of organizational life in universities. Studies reveal that the stress experienced by academicians has increased dramatically in recent years. Stress affects employee performance.
- Trial name
- NCT05799560
- Testing
- THERAPEUTIC TOUCH, REİKİ
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Menopause, Sleep
Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine Non-interventional Clinical Research Institutional Ethics Committe
This research was carried out to determine the effect of therapeutic touch on sleep quality and fatigue in menopausal women.
- Conditions
- Menopause, Sleep, Fatigue, Therapeutic Touch
- Trial name
- NCT05075694
- Testing
- Therapeutic Touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cukurova University
Obesity
Obalon Navigation/Touch System Post-Approval Study
Post-approval study for the Obalon Navigation/Touch System (NTS)
- Trial name
- NTS PAS (NCT04095481)
- Testing
- Obalon Navigation/Touch System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Obalon Therapeutics, Inc.
Depression
The Effect of Foot Reflexology and Therapeutic Touch on Fatigue, Depression and Quality of Sexual Life in Women
This study aims to examine the effects of foot reflexology and therapeutic touch on fatigue, depression and sexual quality of life in women receiving hemodialysis treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT06411652
- Testing
- Reflexology, Therapeutic Touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
Aging
The Impact of Multi-Touch Functional Digital Game on Intelligence and Vitality for the Community-dwelling Elderly
This single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial includes 32 elderly. The participants were randomized to intervention(Happy Table) and control(cognitive stimulation activity) groups. Each group is divided in 16 participants.
- Trial name
- NCT04873843
- Testing
- Functional digital game training group, Individual cognitive training
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Schizophrenia
Neural Correlates of Social Touch and Interoceptive Perception As Potential Biomarker for Impaired Social Functioning
Recent studies have shown that certain biomarkers of schizophrenia could help to better assess the individual course of the disease and thus, contribute to more personalized treatment options.
- Trial name
- SPIRIT (NCT04968223)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oldenburg
Low Vision Aids
Tactile Low Vision Labeling of Ophthalmic Drops
The purpose of this study is an evaluation of a tactile labeling strategy developed in the Ophthalmology Clinical Research Center at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in collaboration with the UTMB Maker Space to improve…
- Trial name
- NCT04483882
- Testing
- Tactile Labels for Drug identity and dose frequency
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston