Status:
RECRUITING
Non-invasive BCI-controlled Assistive Devices
Lead Sponsor:
University of Texas at Austin
Conditions:
Motor Disorders
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Injuries affecting the central nervous system may disrupt the cortical pathways to muscles causing loss of motor control. Nevertheless, the brain still exhibits sensorimotor rhythms (SMRs) during move...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Able-bodied participants:
- good general health
- normal or corrected vision
- no history of neurological/psychiatric disease
- ability to read and understand English (Research Personnel do not speak Spanish)
- Subjects with motor disabilities
- motor deficits due to: unilateral and bilateral stroke / spinal cord injury / motor neuron diseases (i.e. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spino-cerebellar ataxia, multiple sclerosis) / muscular diseases (i.e. myopathy) / traumatic or neurological pain / movement disorders (i.e. cerebral palsy) / orthopedic / traumatic brain injury / brain tumors
- normal or corrected vision
- ability to read and understand English
- ability to provide informed consent
Exclusion
- Subjects with motor disabilities
- short attentional spans or cognitive deficits that prevent the subject from concentrating during the whole experimental session
- heavy medication affecting the central nervous system (including vigilance)
- concomitant serious illness (e.g., metabolic disorders)
- All participants
- factors hindering EEG/EMG acquisition and the delivery of non-invasive electrical stimulation (e.g., skin infection, wounds, dermatitis, metal implants under electrodes)
- criteria identified in safety guidelines for MRI and TMS, in particular metallic implants
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 16 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05183152
Start Date
June 16 2021
End Date
December 30 2025
Last Update
April 2 2025
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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States, 78712