Tracking a Tactile Signal Along the Nervous System

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Stroke

Tactile Perception

Treatments

Behavioral: Tactile stimulation

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06231810

23-1256

Details and patient eligibility

About

Quantify the flow of a tactile signal from the stimulus at the finger at the peripheral nervous system (PNS), to the central nervous system (CNS), and to cognitive perception at the brain in young adults (Aim 1) and individuals with and without stroke (Aim 2).

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-right-hand dominance for participants who are neurotypical

For Aim 1:

-age range of 18-23

For Aim 2:

participants who are neurotypical will be a similar age to the participants with stroke
participants who are neurotypical will have no musculoskeletal and neurological conditions
participants with stroke will have a single stroke incident resulting in a unilateral lesion (ischemic and hemorrhagic)
participants with stroke will be in the chronic phase (>1 year from stroke onset)
participants with stroke will have an onset of stroke after the age of 18
participants with stroke who meet the criteria of having the capacity to provide informed consent, regardless of aphasia

Exclusion criteria

minors
pregnant women
prisoners
adults not capable of consenting on their own behalf.

For Aim 2:

participants with stroke who have used antispastic injections in the past six months
participants with stroke who have a lesion in the brainstem and/or cerebellum
participants with stroke who have a stroke arising due to brain surgery
participants with stroke who have hemineglect