Status:
COMPLETED
Stability of Motor Output in Aging Adults
Lead Sponsor:
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Conditions:
Swallowing
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-80 years
Brief Summary
The goal of this project is to examine the area of the brain that controls muscle movement for a group of muscles important for swallowing, and to see how that area changes over 2 weeks of time.
Detailed Description
A large number of our nation's veterans develop dysphagia due to the myriad of potential etiological sources of swallowing disorders, including stroke and head and neck cancer. The Veteran's Health Ad...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Between 60 and 80 years of age
Exclusion
- History of dysphagia
- History of neurologic disease
- History of head or neck cancer
- History of stroke
- Untreated hypertension
- History of a heart condition or heart disease
- Currently pregnant
- Contraindication to TMS including:
- Metallic hardware on the scalp in the area where TMS will be applied
- Cardiac pacemaker
- Implanted medication pumps or an intracardiac line
- Prior diagnosis of seizure or epilepsy in the subject (childhood history of benign febrile seizure will not be a contraindication)
- Poorly controlled migraine headaches
- Previous brain neurosurgery
- Medications that can lower seizure threshold (Appendix B)
- Unstable medical conditions
- Lowest motor thresholds above 80% on TMS
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00970736
Start Date
November 1 2009
End Date
October 1 2011
Last Update
April 8 2015
Active Locations (1)
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North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32608