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Electrophysiological Study of the Effects of Limb Cooling on Essential Tremor

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Status

Completed

Conditions

Tremor

Treatments

Other: 15 - 30
Other: 30 - 15

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01093027
09-007889

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of upper limb forearm cooling on Essential Tremor upper limb tremor using a more practical method of limb cooling through a forearm cold pack.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 95 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with clinical diagnosis of E.T. for at least a year by a movement disorder neurologist
  • A +2 or worse action or kinetic tremor of one or both upper limbs involving at least the forearm and/or hand
  • Ages 18 to 95 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • (+) sensory loss in the upper extremities
  • dermatologic lesions in upper extremities (e.g. skin cancer, eczema, fresh or healing wounds, abrasions, acne, pustules, abscesses, or skin rash)
  • known history of sensitivity to cold (i.e., cold urticaria)
  • known peripheral vascular disease
  • Raynaud's phenomenon
  • scleroderma

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

20 participants in 2 patient groups

15 - 30
Other group
Description:
The upper limb with tremor will be cooled with 15 degrees Celsius water for 10 minutes at Visit 1 and with 30 degrees Celsius water for 10 minutes at Visit 2.
Treatment:
Other: 15 - 30
30 - 15
Other group
Description:
The upper limb with tremor will be cooled with 30 degrees Celsius water for 10 minutes at Visit 1 and with 15 degrees Celsius water for 10 minutes at Visit 2.
Treatment:
Other: 30 - 15

Trial contacts and locations

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