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Examining Motor Control with Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

This study is looking at how non-invasive neural stimulation affects how we learn and adapt movements. Researchers will compare how different types of stimulation to specific brain areas (posterior parietal cortex and cerebellum) impact your ability to adapt your hand movements. They want to understand how the brain uses sensory information to make movements. You might be able to join if you are right-handed, between 18 and 40 years old, and have no history of seizures, fainting, or concussions with loss of consciousness. The study will measure how accurately you can move your fingertip at the end of the study visit, which is about 20 minutes long. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 60 participants. It compares different types of non-invasive neural stimulation.
What's involved
The study involves comparing your motor adaptation reaching performance. This will be measured at the completion of the study visit, which is approximately 20 minutes.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your initial direction error and its variance will be measured at the completion of the study visit, approximately 20 minutes after the intervention.

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NCT05947279

Examining Lateralized Aspects of Motor Control Using Non-invasive Neural Stimulation

Recruiting
NAAges 18–40Interventional
Virginia Commonwealth University
~60 participants
Updated 2026-03-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Comparing motor adaptation reaching performance

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Initial direction error, or difference between participant's fingertip direction
Measured over Completion of the study visit, approx 20 minutes
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Motor Adaptation and Generalization
Posterior Parietal Cortex
Cerebellum

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

    Richmond, Virginiastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Brooke Dexheimer, PhD, OTD, OTR/L
[email protected]
563-547-0125
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Right-handed as determined by the short-form Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
Between the ages of 18 and 40

Exclusion

Mixed- or left-handed as determined by the short-form Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
Self-reported history of any of the following:
Any previous adverse reaction to a brain stimulation technique
Any previous adverse reaction to 3D virtual reality environments (i.e. 'cybersickness')
Possibility of being currently pregnant (for females only)
Current open head wound or skin condition of the scalp
Current implanted device(s) (i.e. cardiac pacemaker)

What this trial measures

  • Initial direction error, or difference between participant's fingertip directionCompletion of the study visit, approx 20 minutes

    Initial direction error, or difference between participant's fingertip direction at the timepoint of peak velocity relative to a linear path to the target. As for time frame, this is a single-visit study. Initial direction error will be compared during baseline reaching and following 20 minutes of non-invasive neural stimulation.

  • Initial direction error varianceCompletion of the study visit, approx 20 minutes

    Initial direction error variance across multiple trials.