Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00396058
The Effect of Methylphenidate on Motor Learning in Stroke Patients
Methylphenidats Betydning for motoriskindlæring Hos Patienter Med Apopleksi
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 13 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of the study is to determine whether methylphenidate facilitates so called short-term plasticity as measures with transcranial magnetic stimulation, in patients with stroke.
Detailed description
Stroke patients are to be examined with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) before and after a short training session. TMS will be used to demonstrate changes in cortical excitability (motor threshold) and intracortical inhibition and facilitation. The effect of methylphenidate on baseline TMS measures will be evaluated as well as the effect on training induced changes in TMS measures (by comparing baseline and posttraining measures). The patients will be trained on two separate occasions, to compare the effect of Methylphenidate to placebo.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Methylphenidate |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2006-11-01
- Completion
- 2008-03-01
- First posted
- 2006-11-06
- Last updated
- 2008-03-27
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00396058. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.