Use of EMG to Assess Clinical Hypertonia

Completed

Conditions studied: Cerebral Palsy, Hypertonia, Spasticity, Dystonia, Rigidity

In brief

A handheld surface electromyography device will be tested by clinicians on children with limb hypertonia, and inter-rater reliability will be assessed with and without the device.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00472914

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

14

Starts

2007-01-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-05-23

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 6-18
• hypertonia in at least one limb due to spasticity

You may not qualify if…

• any condition that would increase the risk of participation

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Stanford, California, United States

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