Stability of Motor Output in Aging Adults
Completed
Conditions studied: Swallowing
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00970736
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 20
- Starts
- 2009-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-08
Who can join
Age: 60 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Between 60 and 80 years of age
You may not qualify if…
- 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
Where it is running
- North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System — Gainesville, Florida, United States
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