Physiology of Weakness With Movement Disorders
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 6
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
This study will compare electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings in healthy volunteers and in people with movement disorders to examine brain activity associated with the weakness. EEG records the electrical activity of the brain ("brain waves").
Healthy volunteers and patients with arm or leg weakness who are between 18 and 80 years of age may be eligible for this study. Healthy subjects are screened with a medical history, physical and neurological examinations, and a questionnaire. They must be right-handed and never have had a neurological disease or head trauma.
All participants have an EEG. An elastic cap with electrodes is placed on the subject's scalp to record the brain's electrical activity. During the EEG, subjects are required to resist against a force with their arm, elbow, shoulder or leg for as long as they can. Several recordings are done with short breaks between them.
详细描述
Objective
Give way weakness is a symptom often associated with psychogenic etiology, but its neurophysiological basis is poorly understood. Our objective in this study is to identify the cerebral mechanism of give way weakness.
Study population
We will study 6 patients with give way weakness and 6 healthy volunteers all age 18 years old or older.
Design
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供