The changes of cortical activations in swallowing after application of high frequency rTMS in elderly
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC
- Registration Number
- KCT0001432
- Lead Sponsor
- Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy old people = 65 years
History taking : no known history of stroke or other brain dysfunction, head and neck cancer or anatomic alterations in that area, and speech or swallowing difficulties and any medication that can affect swallowing function
3oz water swallowing test
Brain CT confirm
Right handed : Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
Gender difference : no concerned
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who had metal implants or a pacemaker in
their bodies, and had history of seizures were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method voxel change in brain after rTMS (Statistical Parametric Mapping)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method