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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study

NCT02351921 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2018-08-16

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Summary

This study will investigate how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivered as a protocol called 'continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS)' alters motor output and force control to a muscle in the forearm and touch perception in individuals with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injury. CTBS is a non-invasive technique that involved repetitive delivery of transcranial magnetic stimulation at a frequency of 30 Hz over the arm representation in the primary motor or sensory cortex. The purpose of this study is to determine whether cTBS is an effective intervention to increase motor output to a muscle and increase force control of that muscle and also improve the sense of touch.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Intermittent theta-burst stimulation is a form of repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation. ITBS is a non-invasive, non-painful procedure being used worldwide to study brain function and promote short-term changes (\~1 hour) in neural activity in the brain. The delivery of cTBS requires \~ 40 seconds in total.

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Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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