The effects of age and somatosensory electrical stimulation on motor learning

Completed

• Conditions: Veroudering; aging senescence

• Registration Number: NL-OMON40988
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

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

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameter is the reduction in absolute error during MP in the<br /><br>trained right hand.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Mechanistic measures include the corticospinal excitability indexed by the size<br /><br>of the motor evoked potentials (MEPs) produced by transcranial magnetic<br /><br>stimulation (TMS), short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI), and<br /><br>intracortical facilitation (ICF).</p><br>