NCT02718989

Modulation of H-reflex After Application of Electric Currents in Healthy People

Modulation of H-reflex After Application of Electric Currents in Healthy People. Effects on Myotonometer Properties.A Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Castilla-La Mancha · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determinate whether the application of electric currents produce changes in the excitability of alpha moto neurone. Moreover evidence whether the effect of the electric currents can change the tone of the muscle under stimulation in healthy volunteers

Detailed description

In the last years several experimental studies have evidenced that the transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) in peripheric application can cause a decrease of spasticity and modulation of H-reflexes. But if the application is in the central nervous system the results are different. So the purpose of this study is quantify the modulation of the excitability of alpha moto neurone when the application of the current is in the central nervous system compared with a sham group.

Conditions

• Spasticity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation	TENS transcutaneous electrical stimulation over the back the electrotherapy device Myomed 932. (Enraf-Nonius, Delft, Netherlands)
DEVICE	10Kilohertz (KHz)	10 KHz transcutaneous electrical stimulation over back through the electrotherapy device Myomed 932. (Enraf-Nonius, Delft, Netherlands)
DEVICE	Sham stimulation	Sham transcutaneous electrical stimulation over back through the electrotherapy device Myomed 932. (Enraf-Nonius, Delft, Netherlands)

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2016-03-24
• Last updated: 2017-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain