Status:

RECRUITING

Touching the World With a Cane: Cognitive and Neural Processes

Lead Sponsor:

Hospices Civils de Lyon

Conditions:

Visual Impairment

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The use of tools is ubiquitous in our lives and allows us to expand the sensorimotor capacities of our body. Much research has been done on the subject in sighted people over the past decades. This wo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Man or woman, aged 18 to 60 years old
  • Give an informed consent by signature
  • Be part of the national health security system (registered to the Securité Sociale)
  • do not confuse his right and his left
  • Specific of the non-sighted participants:
  • Loss of vision happened at birth or 3-to 5 years later in life
  • Must have a visual acuity inferior or equal to 4/10
  • Be with a close relation for read information letter and sign the consent form if needed

Exclusion

  • A person presenting an history of neurological, psychiatric or linguistic problems cannot be admitted
  • Assumption of psychotropic drugs
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding woman
  • A person under legal tutoring
  • A person under care in other medical structure for reasons different from those of this research
  • A person under administrative or judiciary contention
  • A person who is not eligible to a MRI-exam according to the following criteria cannot be admitted to the experiments including MR acquisitions :
  • Have a neurological, cardiac (battery) or defibrillator pacemaker
  • Have a cardiac prosthesis (valve, stent...) or vascular prosthesis
  • Have intracranial clips or clamps
  • Carry a bypass of the cerebrospinal fluid
  • Having metallic splinters in the eyes
  • Wear metal prostheses (teeth, knees)
  • Wear an infusion pump or system
  • Be claustrophobic or have respiratory problems
  • Have metal tattoos close to the head
  • Have permanent make-up

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 20 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05199896

Start Date

April 20 2022

End Date

October 1 2026

Last Update

August 31 2022

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Equipe IMPACT du CRNL, Bâtiment INSERM

Bron, France, 69676

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