Motor cortical control of antagonist muscle function in aging

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23489

Enrollment

Registered

2015-08-20

Start date

2015-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-11

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Conditions

Elderly

Interventions

Rapidly flexing the wrist to a position of 20 degrees after hearing an auditory tone

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy younger adults aged 18 - 30 years and healthy older adults aged 65 years and older, both male and female gender, right handed based on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Fracture in the upper extremity over the past year, neurological disorders, pregnancy, muscle or joint disorders, cardiovascular diseases, medicine known to affect nerve conduction, Epilepsy, Pacemaker, metal in the brain/skull.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The amount of coactivation during a rapid flexion of the wrist after hearing an auditory tone	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The corticospinal excitability indexed by the size of the motor evoked potentials (MEPs) produced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)	—

Contacts

Public ContactT. Hortobágyi

Center for Human Movement Sciences University Medical Center Groningen A. Deusinglaan 1

t.hortobagyi@umcg.nl+3150.361.2645

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)