Healthy adults
Conditions
Interventions
PES group: Practice writing characters with electrical stimulation: 20 minutes a day for 10 days.
Non-PES group: Practice writing characters without electrical stimulation: 20 minutes a day for 10 day
Sponsors
Shinshu University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who gave voluntary written informed consent after receiving an adequate explanation regarding their participation in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Left-handed person. Individuals with the following conditions were excluded: -muscle weakness in the right upper limb (less than 4 with Manual Muscle Testing). -limited range of motion in the right upper limb. -sensory disorder and abnormal sensation in the right upper limb. -use a pacemaker. -have otherwise been determined to be ineligible as a subject by the principal investigator. -sites of hemostatic tissue -areas with moderate or higher edema -acute (painful) illness of unknown cause -heart problems -high bleeding diathesis -malignant tumors -pregnancy -skin damage or inflamed areas -febrile illness -infectious diseases -venous distended skin surface -metal or plastic parts embedded in their body - at risk of vascular disorders such as thrombosis, venous thrombosis, and varicose veins -have otherwise been determined to be ineligible as a subject by the principal investigator.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Global legibility scales | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Character recognition rate by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) method Time to transcribe characters | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMutai Hitoshi
Shinshu University Division of occupational therapy, School of health sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed