Clinical trials: Tactile Perception
Stroke
Perception of Electrical Stimuli in Individuals With Stroke
To successfully manipulate objects in one's surroundings, such as when lifting a cup, one must accurately perceive their physical interactions.
- Trial name
- NCT05465005
- Testing
- Torque Generation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Netta Gurari
Pain
Enhancing Treatment Outcomes: The Impact of Physical Touch in Back and Neck Pain Management
In this study, we aim to investigate the impact of professional touch techniques on treatment expectations and adherence in German-speaking adults with current back or neck pain.
- Trial name
- NCT06069193
- Testing
- Touch Intervention, Control
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg
Somatosensory Cortical Dynamics in Normal Humans
MEG Study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) on measures of brain function.
- Trial name
- NCT00571051
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain
Stress Ball and Empathic Verbal-Tactile Interventions for Reducing Anxiety and Pain in Mammography and Breast Ultrasonography: A Randomized Trial
This prospective, randomized controlled trial aims to determine the effects of stress ball use and empathic verbal communication with therapeutic touch on anxiety and pain perception in women undergoing mammography and breast…
- Conditions
- Procedural Anxiety, Procedural Pain, Breast Imaging
- Trial name
- NCT07562828
- Testing
- Stress Ball, Empathic Verbal-Tactile Intervention
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Beta Rhythm, Tactile Perception
Beta Events and Sensory Perception
Low-frequency brain rhythms in the alpha (8-14Hz) and beta (15-29Hz) bands are strong predictors of perception and functional performance in a range of tasks, and are disrupted in several disease states.
- Trial name
- NCT04062318
- Testing
- Online Active SI-Hand TMS, Online Active Control TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Post-stroke Sensory Deficits at the Hand
Stimulate One Hand to Improve Tactile Perception on the Other
The study is a comparative study, to show that the administration of RSS stimulation on one hand compared to the administration of strategy Sham stimulation, results in an temporary improvement in the tactile acuity of the other…
- Trial name
- HAND-HAND (NCT06149325)
- Testing
- Repetitive somatosensory stimulation (RSS)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Somatosensory Perception Following Lower Limb Amputation
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) for Amputees
The purpose of this study is to investigate how leg amputee patients can feel sensations with neuromodulation while they are using a prosthetic leg.
- Trial name
- NCT04490382
- Testing
- 32 channel external stimulator
- Sponsor
- Duke University
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
Stroke
Electrotactile Frequency, Amplitude, and Temporal Gap Discrimination in Young Adults, Older Adults, and Stroke Survivors
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare sensory discrimination ability for electrotactile stimulation among young adults, older adults, and patients with stroke.
- Trial name
- ESD-NR (NCT07656675)
- Testing
- Electrotactile Sensory Discrimination Tasks
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sungkyunkwan University
Chronic Pain, Persistent Pain
Pleasant Touch Perception in Persistent Pain.
The goal of this observational study is to learn how individuals with chronic pain experience pleasant touch and how often they are exposed to such touch in their daily lives.
- Trial name
- NCT07551687
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Healthy Volunteer
Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) on Somatosensory Perception
Background: Different parts of the brain are involved in feeling touch. Researchers want to study whether repetitive magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the sensory cortex affects how sensation feels.
- Trial name
- NCT02119637
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phantom Limb Pain After Amputation, Lower Limb Amputation
Operant Conditioning of Sensory Brain Responses to Reduce Phantom Limb Pain in People With Limb Amputation
The study will investigate the application of a non-pharmacological operant conditioning approach to reduce phantom limb pain (PLP). PLP afflicts 60-90% people who have lost a limb.
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb Pain After Amputation, Lower Limb Amputation, Upper Limb Amputation, Phantom Pain
- Trial name
- OCS-PLP (NCT05880251)
- Testing
- Operant Conditioning with Peripheral Stimulation, Control Group with Peripheral Stimulation Only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Major Depressive Disorder
Psychophysiological Study of Pain Perception in Depressed Patients With Suicidal Risk
Joiner's interpersonal theory of suicide postulates that the wish of death comes from feelings of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness.
- Trial name
- R2D2 (NCT04461327)
- Testing
- Painful stimulations of major depressive patients, Blood sample, Clinical assessment
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Neck Pain
Effects of Gua Sha and Thermotherapy on Chronic Neck Pain
Gua Sha massage is a traditional chinese medical treatment. It is mostly used in the treatment of the common cold and pain syndromes. Gua Sha involves pressuring the skin by a round-edged instrument until small petechiae appear.
- Trial name
- NCT01233180
- Testing
- Gua Sha, Thermotherapy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
Therapeutic Touch, Hemodialysis Patients
Effect of Therapeutic Touch on Perceived Stress and Comfort Levels in Hemodialysis Patients
Hemodialysis is a treatment method used in the treatment of acute or chronic renal failure, the main function of which is based on the cleaning of accumulated waste materials in the blood, and is rapidly developing and spreading…
- Trial name
- NCT07061353
- Testing
- Therapeutic touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Firat University
Healthy
Neural Mechanisms of Tactile Priming on Social Perceptions - Pilot Study
The investigators measure brain responses of healthy participants while they perform evaluation tasks inside the fMRI. For each task the participants were primed with tactile stimuli.
- Trial name
- NCT02517060
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Mental State, Reported as Depression, Anxiety or Stress
The Impact of Giving a Massage
The aim of this study is to investigate if giving a massage impacts the mental state of a massage therapist, including depression, anxiety, and stress .
- Trial name
- NCT01169480
- Testing
- Give a massage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Parker Research Institute
Sensory Processing, Perception
Propagation Waves in Tactile Material Perception
During the exploration of surfaces with the bare finger, vibratory signals arise and propagate through the finger and hand. While research into mechanical and neural response characteristics has demonstrated that these signals…
- Conditions
- Sensory Processing, Perception, Sense of Touch, Taction
- Trial name
- NCT05253508
- Testing
- Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Reinier Haga Orthopedisch Centrum
Healthy
Estimating Error in Locating Touch Sensation on Forearm in Healthy Middle School Going Children
Tactile localization stimuli are fundamental in forearm to the somatosensory perception.Tactile localization reverse the touch internal organization of the forearm and in the normal development of children.It is helpful in quick…
- Trial name
- NCT03546712
- Testing
- Tactile Localization
- Where
- 2 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 365 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maharishi Markendeswar University (Deemed to be University)
Pain, Premature
Facilitated Tucking Position, Gentle Human Touch Practices and Pain
This prospective study is planned as a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of facilitated tucking position and gentle human touch practices on the pain experienced by newborns during heel blood collection.
- Trial name
- NCT05948098
- Testing
- Facilitated Tucking Position, Gentle Human Touch
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- Adiyaman University Research Hospital