Imaging Non-brain Electromagnetic Activity in Healthy Adults Using MEG
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Evoked activity to obtain safe and effective imaging of structures other than the brain
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The primary purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) instrument to record electrical activity from parts of the body other than the brain. This study will examine if electrical activity from parts of the body, other than the brain, can be imaged by the MEG instrument. Finding will contribute to studies of pain, since abnormal electrical activity in skeletal muscle is the basis of pain, which can be severe, yet there is no non-invasive way to image this abnormal activity. This is particularly relevant to deep muscle pain and back pain.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthy adults who are willing and able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Subjects with characteristics incompatible with MEG recordings as listed on the MEG Safety checklist (Appendix A),
- •Involuntary, uncontrolled tremor,
- •chronic pain.
- •pregnant women (based on self-report).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Evoked activity to obtain safe and effective imaging of structures other than the brain
Time Frame: 2 Weeks
* Hand position 1 relaxed * Hand position 1 muscles active * Hand position 2 relaxed * Hand position 2 muscles active * Neck and Jaw, relaxed * Neck and Jaw, tensed * Upper torso relaxed * Area of interest 1 relaxed(areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.) * Area of interest 1 tensed(areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.) * Area of interest 2 relaxed(areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.) * Area of interest 2 tensed (areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.)
Determination of optimal position to obtain safe and effective imaging of structures other than the brain.
Time Frame: 2 Weeks
* Hand position 1 relaxed * Hand position 1 muscles active * Hand position 2 relaxed * Hand position 2 muscles active * Neck and Jaw, relaxed * Neck and Jaw, tensed * Upper torso relaxed * Area of interest 1 relaxed(areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.) * Area of interest 1 tensed(areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.) * Area of interest 2 relaxed(areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.) * Area of interest 2 tensed (areas are not specific for Runs 9-11. (Possible areas are groups of muscles in the back and limbs.)
Secondary Outcomes
- Dominant frequency of non-brain electrical activity in healthy adults.(2 Weeks)
- Location of non-brain of activity in healthy adults.(2 Weeks)