Intracranial Pressure Waves Via Lumbar Puncture

Umeå University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01374048

97-88

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients are subjected to simultaneous intracranial and lumbar puncture pressure measurements. This study focus on intracranial pulse amplitude. Hypothesis: Intracranial pressure amplitude is reflected by lumbar puncture pressure amplitude.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55 to 78 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Exclusion criteria

• Known cause of hydrocephalus