Mobile Phone Radiation and Brain Rhythm in Epileptic Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02854384

Enrollment

Registered

2016-08-03

Start date

2015-01-31

Completion date

2015-09-30

Last updated

2016-08-04

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Conditions

Epilepsy

Keywords

Epilepsy, Mobile phone

Brief summary

This work is intended to assess the effect of -30 minutes- exposure to mobile-phone on the functions of the central nervous system (CNS) in epileptic patients.

Detailed description

This work shows the effect of the 30 minutes mobile waves' radiation over the normal person brain activity (EEG) and cognition (P300) together with the effect over the unstable brain of the epileptic patients. Exposure to mobile-phone radiation has been reported to increase the spectral power of electroencephalograms (EEGs), particularly in the alpha band, during both the waking and sleeping states. The tendency toward electrical instability of the neural networks of epileptic patients suggests that these individuals may be especially sensitive to electromagnetic fields espcially mobile-phone radiation (MPR). The short-term effects of exposure to electromagnetic (EM) fields on a number of cognitive variables such as memory, attention and speed of decision-making could be assedsed by P 300 latency and amplitude.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Both sexes * Above 18 years * Epileptic patients (regardless of whether symptomatic, idiopathic, focal or generalized)

Exclusion criteria

* Age less than 18 years * Chronic medical condition * Epileptic fit in the last 48 hours

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Digital Electroencephalography (EEG) examination	one day	—
P300 test	one day	The P300 Test: Neurophysiological Test. P300 wave was defined as the most positive point of the average waveform to the target tones after 250 msec and before 600 msec. For each subject P300 latency and P300 amplitude were obtained to detect any significant abnormality

Outcome results