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Study on the cortical plasticity mechanism of the effect of acupuncture combined with motor training on human motor learning

Study on the cortical plasticity mechanism of the effect of acupuncture combined with motor training on human motor learning

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2000004055
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-11-14
Start date
2020-11-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-20

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Sponsors

Guangdong Provincail Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy subjects, aged from 18 to 50; 2. Right handed subjects, regardless of gender; 3. Patients without neurological, mental and motor diseases in the past; 4. Subjects who have not received any peripheral stimulation (such as acupuncture, peripheral electrical stimulation, etc.) or central stimulation (such as rTMS, tDCS, etc.) in the past 3 months; 5. Subjects who are willing to accept electroacupuncture and have no history of acupuncture sickness; 6. Subjects who voluntarily participated in this study and signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with mental system diseases, such as schizophrenia, anxiety disorder, personality disorder, etc; 2. Patients with nervous system diseases, such as brain trauma, posterior cranial fossa disease, spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, Jackson epilepsy, spasm after facial paralysis, blepharospasm, cognitive impairment, speech disorder and dementia, etc; 3. Patients with history of severe hypertension, diabetes, malignant tumor, and other diseases of heart, liver, kidney and other organs; 4. Patients with metal residues (including denture, pacemaker, nerve stimulator, medical pump, etc.); 5. Subjects who were afraid of TMS and could not be stimulated by TMS for other reasons; 6. Subjects who are afraid of acupuncture or have adverse reactions to acupuncture; 7. Pregnant or lactating women.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Motor evoked potential;Grooved Pegboard Test;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
latent period;Motor threshold;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactJianhua Liu

Department of acupuncture and moxibustion, Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine

jyhf08@sina.com+86 13729889452

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026