Posterior Cervical Spine Muscle Vibration and Oculomotor Function in Young Adults with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI).

Oculomotor Function after Posterior Cervical Spine Muscle Vibration in Young Adults with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12620001137987

Acronym

CVOmMTBI

Enrollment

Registered

2020-11-02

Start date

2021-04-13

Completion date

2021-08-01

Last updated

2022-04-19

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study utilises the eye tracking tests for testing eye movements in participants with a history of mTBI before and after vibration stimulation to the neck. These results will be compared to eye tracking tests in healthy participants with no history of mTBI. The vibration stimuli will test the hypothesis that aberrant sensory information from the neck (the vibration stimuli) affects eye movements.

Interventions

Each participant will undergo a single session of five minutes of 100hz vibration on the posterior upper cervical spinal muscles. The Vibration will be delivered by a cross-shaped unit Myovolt unit (https://myovolt.com/wearable-sports-recovery-technology) held in place with a velcro strap around the head. The intervention requires no specialist knowledge to apply and will be administered by the research assistant.

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

20 Young adults with no history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and normal or corrected to normal vision 20 Young adults with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and normal or corrected to normal vision

Exclusion criteria

Any conditions that are known to affect eye-movements, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), stroke or cranial nerve palsy or vision loss in one or both eyes that is not corrected to normal via glasses or contact lenses.

Outcome results