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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Theta-burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00878787

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Official title

Theta-burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Childhood Dystonia and Spasticity

Brief summary

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Theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) is a type of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) method that reduces the excitability of a small region of brain for less than one hour. Since dystonia and spasticity may be associated with increased excitability of motor cortex, we expect that by reducing the excitability of motor cortex with TBS we will temporarily improve these symptoms and hopefully open avenues in the future for the use of TBS as a new, non-invasive therapeutic intervention to aid in physical therapy and symptom amelioration of dystonia and spasticity. We will test for motor improvement during the hour immediately following TBS using tests of muscle function and quality of limb movement.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00878787
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
5 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
2 Years to 29 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2007
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2009
Completion
Dec 31, 2009
Last update posted
May 29, 2014

2008 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California 94305

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