able-bodied individuals G82
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Training of bilateral, digital control: the individuals of this group perform in 2 weeks 10 days of a one-hour-training of temporal Patterns of bilateral activations of both ears. At the end
Sponsors
Klinik für Paraplegiologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Humans with an age of 18 to 70 with and without spinal cord injury.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: cognitive limitations; mental disorder concerning cooperation and depression; dementia or other factors, which interfere the cooperation or the compliance of the patient/able-bodied subject; subjects, who can activate the muscle of one ear; continuous artificial ventilation; active pacemaker; epilepsy, pregnancy; patients with spinal cord injury, who are not able to autonomously operate an electric wheelchair by a joystick; all circumstances that do not allow for a continuous study participation over 2 weeks.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Computerized measurements during each training session contain the following parameter: reaction times of contraction and relaxation; maximum contraction duration (between 60% and 80% of the maximal force); contraction rate (number of contractions in a 10 s frame); degrees of graded ear muscle activation (holding a contraction between 20 % and 70 % for 10 s); degree of lateralized activation; speed, path length and collisions during navigation through a virtual obstacle course | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactUte Eck
Klinik für Paraplegiologie - Experimentelle Neurorehabilitation
Outcome results
None listed