Tracking a Tactile Signal Along the Nervous System
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
About this trial
Quantify the flow of a tactile signal from the stimulus at the finger at the peripheral nervous system (PNS), to the central nervous system (CNS), and to cognitive perception at the brain in young adults (Aim 1) and individuals with and without stroke (Aim 2).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
participants who are neurotypical will be a similar age to the participants with stroke
participants who are neurotypical will have no musculoskeletal and neurological conditions
participants with stroke will have a single stroke incident resulting in a unilateral lesion (ischemic and hemorrhagic)
participants with stroke will be in the chronic phase (>1 year from stroke onset)
Disqualifiers
minors
pregnant women
prisoners
adults not capable of consenting on their own behalf.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Tactile stimulation
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov