Clinical trials: Spinal Plasticity
Healthy Control, Spinal Cord Injury
Paired Stimulation Plasticity for Motor Recovery in Humans With and Without Spinal Cord Injury
This study will investigate how aging and spinal cord injury (SCI) affect the transmission and plasticity of the corticospinal and reticulospinal tracts, which are important pathways for motor control.
- Trial name
- NCT07814313
- Testing
- CST PAS, RST PAS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
SCI
AIH for Spinal Cord Repair
Contusive cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) impairs upper limb function (reach-and-grasp) which limits daily-life activities and thus decreases the quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT03780829
- Testing
- hypoxia, D-cycloserine, exercise training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Parkinson Disease
Exercise and Plasticity in Parkinson Disease
We will study the effects of intensive rehabilitation in PD on plasticity with a multimodal approach. We will define first, whether exercise in PD restores the potentiation of the motor cortex to normal levels with both 5 Hz-rTMS…
- Trial name
- NCT05786261
- Testing
- experimental group MIRT, EEG task rTMS, fMRI
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo
Spinal Cord Injuries
Recovery of Bladder and Sexual Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Bladder and sexual dysfunction consistently ranks as one of the top disorders affecting quality of life after spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT03036527
- Testing
- Activity-based locomotor training, Activity-based stand training, Activity-based upper arm ergometry
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Healthy
Nerve Stimulation to Modify a Spinal Reflex
This study will determine whether stimulating the nerves or the brain can modify the spinal reflex that controls the muscles that flex and extend the ankle.
- Trial name
- NCT00039819
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Spinal Cord Diseases
Reorganization of Brain Functions in Patients With Cervical Myelopathy Using fMRI and MRS
Decompressive surgery to relieve symptoms of spinal cord compression due to dysfunction, such as arthritis, has proved variable in success.
- Trial name
- NCT00447343
- Testing
- Decompressive cervical spine surgery, fMRI and MRS scan
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Stroke, Cerebrovascular Accident
Spinal Plasticity to Enhance Motor Retraining After Stroke
The objective of this project is to study the effects of an emerging noninvasive neuromodulation strategy in human stroke survivors with movement-related disability.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Cerebrovascular Accident, Hemiparesis
- Trial name
- NCT03645122
- Testing
- Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation (PCMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Movement Disorders, Parkinson Disease
Non-invasive Assessment of Synaptic Plasticity
The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying Movement Disorders, including Parkinson's disease, have been related to altered synaptic plasticity affecting several structures of the central nervous system.
- Trial name
- NEUROPLAST (NCT05353517)
- Testing
- Device: focal muscle vibration and theta burst stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
Spinal Plasticity
Combining PAS to Non-invasive VNS
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and paired associative stimulation (PAS) have been shown to have efficacy in improving the results of motor rehabilitation after stroke and spinal cord injury, respectively.
- Trial name
- NCT04938284
- Testing
- PAS, VNS
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Spinal Cord Injuries
Longitudinal Assessment of Spinal Cord Structural Plasticity Using DTI in SCI Patients
This study will apply novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to investigation of spinal cord injury (SCI) to learn how nerve fibers repair and neural cells regain ability to control muscle during the rehabilitation.
- Trial name
- NCT03069222
- Testing
- Standard Rehabilitative Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Cervical Spinal Cord Plasticity
Cervical Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity
Associative plasticity has been used to promote functional recovery from conditions affecting movement. Prior work from the Carmel laboratory has shown that paired associative stimulation protocols timed to converge in the…
- Trial name
- NCT07539025
- Testing
- SCAP, MagPro X100, Digitimer DS8R
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Dysfunctions and Plasticity Mechanisms of Motor System Assessed by Cortico-cortical and Cortico-muscular Coherence Analysis in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized clinically by abnormalities of both upper motor neurons (UMN) and lower motor neurons (LMN). The presence of UMN signs is not always easy to establish.
- Trial name
- NCT01959373
- Testing
- electroencephalograms (EEG), electro-myography (EMG)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Blindness, Cerebrovascular Accident
Mechanisms of Human Plasticity in the Human System
The purpose of this study is to investigate the physiology associated with plasticity of the motor system. Plasticity refers to the process by which neighboring brain cells assume the responsibilities of damaged or diseased brain…
- Conditions
- Blindness, Cerebrovascular Accident, Spinal Cord Injury
- Trial name
- NCT00001661
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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, Neurogenic Bladder
Pediatric Locomotor Training Bladder Study
Bladder dysfunction is one of the most important factors influencing duration and quality of life in children with spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT03559036
- Testing
- Locomotor Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Spinal Cord Injury
Enhancing STDP After Spinal Cord Injury
The overall goal is to develop new clinical approaches to restore limb function after spinal cord injury (SCI). Corticospinal tract (CST) axons are involved in controlling limb function.
- Trial name
- NCT02701777
- Testing
- STDP, Training, Multisite-STDP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Investigating Spinal Atrophy in Patients With Spinal Injury
Plasticity of Grey and White Matter in Response to Motor Skill Training in Healthy Individuals and Those With Spinal Cord Injury
We aim to investigate the effect of motor skill training of the upper and lower limbs on the function and structure of the CNS as measured by neuroimaging parameters sensitive to changes in tissue volume and density and the…
- Trial name
- NCT02148887
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Spinal Cord Injuries
Non-Invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation After Injury
The goal of this study is to assess the function of the lungs and the muscles are used to breathe after individuals receive respiratory training, spinal cord stimulation, a combination of respiratory training and stimulation, a…
- Trial name
- NCT03998527
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation (TcESCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
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
Spinal Cord Injuries
Measuring the Neurological Benefits of Intermittent Hypoxia Therapy With MRI
This study uses Magnetic Resonance Imaging to image the brain and spinal cord before and after an Intermittent Hypoxia intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT05183113
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University