Comparison of training performance and effectiveness of two contol modes for assistive devices based on the voluntary activation of ear muscles
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- able-bodied individualsG82Paraplegia and tetraplegia
- Registration Number
- DRKS00011081
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Paraplegiologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Humans with an age of 18 to 70 with and without spinal cord injury.
Exclusion Criteria
cognitive limitations; mental disorder concerning cooperation and depression; dementia or other factors, which interfere the cooperation or the compliance of the patient/able-bodied subject;
subjects, who can activate the muscle of one ear; continuous artificial ventilation; active pacemaker; epilepsy, pregnancy; patients with spinal cord injury, who are not able to autonomously operate an electric wheelchair by a joystick; all circumstances that do not allow for a continuous study participation over 2 weeks.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Computerized measurements during each training session contain the following parameter:<br>reaction times of contraction and relaxation; <br>maximum contraction duration (between 60% and 80% of the maximal force); contraction rate (number of contractions in a 10 s frame); <br>degrees of graded ear muscle activation (holding a contraction between 20 % and 70 % for 10 s); degree of lateralized activation; speed, path length and collisions during navigation through a virtual obstacle course
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method