Changes of Parameters of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury

Reorganization of Cortical Motor Activation in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: a Study of Motor Evoked Potential

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00228085

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-28

Start date

2005-09-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2005-09-28

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Conditions

Spinal Cord Injury

Brief summary

CNS reorganization is evidenced in patients with CNS lesion, no exception to the patients with spinal cord injury. The paraplegics have to increase their loading of upper extremities to compesate the lost function of lower extremities. We hypothesize that CNS reorganization can happen in the chronic paraplegics. We try to compare the changes of parameters of transcranial magnetic stimulation in these patients with the normal population cross-sectionally.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

DEFINED_POPULATION

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* patients with complete thoracic spinal cord injury * onset \> 6 months * ASIA scale: A * normal bilateral upper extremities

Exclusion criteria

* Evidence of brain injury * Evidence of peripheral neuropathy * Active major medical diseases (eg: fever, maligancies, DM, liver or kidney diseases)

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactDer-Sheng Han, MD

dshan1121@yahoo.com.tw886-2-23717101

Outcome results