A Spinal Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagine (fMRI) Study of Resting-State, Motor Task and Acupoint Stimulation

China Rehabilitation Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Infarction

Treatments: Other: motor task, sensory stimulation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00629655

2007CZ-4

Details and patient eligibility

About

The spinal cord is a very important part of the central nervous system. fMRI can be applied to observe functional status of the human spinal cord. Under different conditions, the investigators will see different types of fMRI signals within the spinal cord. In resting state, the investigators might see active/inactive signals, too.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (for healthy people):

• Chinese male residents
• right handed
• no history of psychological/psychotic problems
• no history of important diseases

Exclusion Criteria (for healthy people):

• with factors which make subjects unsuitable to receive MR examination
• history of important diseases

Inclusion Criteria (for patients):

• Chinese male patients with ischemic stroke (CT/MRI scan confirmed)
• right handed
• at least 1.5 months from onset of stroke
• ability to follow complex commands

Exclusion Criteria (for patients):

• hemodynamic instability
• history of dementia
• inability to give consent because of impaired cognition or receptive aphasia
• diseases in spine/spinal cord
• with factors which make subjects unsuitable to receive MR examination

Trial design

22 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

healthy people, male

Treatment:

Other: motor task, sensory stimulation

2

Description:

male patients with cerebral infarction, chronic stage

Treatment:

Other: motor task, sensory stimulation