Electrophysiological Study of the Effects of Limb Cooling on Essential Tremor

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Conditions studied: Tremor

In brief

To determine the effects of upper limb forearm cooling on Essential Tremor upper limb tremor using a more practical method of limb cooling through a forearm cold pack.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01093027

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

20

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-12-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients with clinical diagnosis of E.T. for at least a year by a movement disorder neurologist
• A +2 or worse action or kinetic tremor of one or both upper limbs involving at least the forearm and/or hand
• Ages 18 to 95 years old

You may not qualify if…

• (+) sensory loss in the upper extremities
• dermatologic lesions in upper extremities (e.g. skin cancer, eczema, fresh or healing wounds, abrasions, acne, pustules, abscesses, or skin rash)
• known history of sensitivity to cold (i.e., cold urticaria)
• known peripheral vascular disease
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• scleroderma

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic Arizona — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

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