The effects of age and somatosensory electrical stimulation on motor learning

The effects of age and somatosensory electrical stimulation on motor learning - Motor learning in aging

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON40988

Enrollment

Registered

2014-06-12

Start date

2014-10-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-23

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Conditions

Veroudering aging senescence

Interventions

One session of non-invasive MP with the right wrist flexors and extensors for 35 minutes. The MP+SES group receives SES at 10 Hz trains of 5 pulses of 1ms during the practice, the MP group only perf

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 18-30 or >65, female or male gender, right-handed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Fracture in the upper extremity over the past year, neurological disorders, pregnancy, medicine known to affect nerve conduction, a history of epilepsy, use of a pacemaker, and metal in the brain/skull

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main study parameter is the reduction in absolute error during MP in the trained right hand.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Mechanistic measures include the corticospinal excitability indexed by the size of the motor evoked potentials (MEPs) produced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI), and intracortical facilitation (ICF).	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)