Correlation Between the 'Nine Holes Peg Test' Performance and the Triple Stimulation Technique Within a Group a Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

NCT ID: NCT02805634

Last Updated: 2019-04-17

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-09

Study Completion Date

2019-01-30

Brief Summary

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The main goal of this study is to determine if the Triple Stimulation Technique (TST) can be correlated to performance in the manual dexterity 'nine holes peg' test, within a control group and a group of patients with multiple sclerosis.

TST (Triple stimulation technique) combines two techniques used in neurologic diagnosis: magnetic stimulation and electroneuromyography. It is based on the principle of two collisions between the descending central stimulation (magnetic stimulation) and the ascending peripheric stimulation. TST allows to better quantify central nervous system diseases. The abnormal amplitude registered by TST is proportional to the intensity of conduction disorders. The evaluation of these disorders is more precise than with the magnetic stimulation technique alone.

The Nine Hole Pegs technique is a simple manual dexterity test, commonly used in ergotherapy. The participant tries to place 9 pegs in a 9 holes perforated plate, and then tries to remove them as quickly as possible. The hand must stay in a depression within the plate, thereby insuring a constant distance between the hand and the pegs.

The nine hole peg will be realized first, and the triple stimulation examination performed after. The acquired data will be analyzed in order to find a correlation between the impairment level given by these two tests.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Multiple Sclerosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Multiple sclerosis

Patients with multiple sclerosis, followed by Dr Dachy within the CHU Brugmann Hospital.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nine Hole Test

Intervention Type OTHER

The Nine Hole Pegs technique is a simple manual dexterity test, commonly used in ergotherapy. The participant tries to place 9 pegs in a 9 holes perforated plate, and then tries to remove them as quickly as possible. The hand must stay in a depression within the plate, thereby insuring a constant distance between the hand and the pegs.

Triple Stimulation Technique

Intervention Type DEVICE

TST (Triple stimulation technique) combines two techniques used in neurologic diagnosis: magnetic stimulation and electroneuromyography. It is based on the principle of two collisions between the descending central stimulation (magnetic stimulation) and the ascending peripheric stimulation. TST allows to better quantify central nervous system diseases. The abnormal amplitude registered by TST is proportional to the intensity of conduction disorders. The evaluation of these disorders is more precise than with the magnetic stimulation technique alone.

Control group

Control group without neurological pathology

Group Type OTHER

Nine Hole Test

Intervention Type OTHER

The Nine Hole Pegs technique is a simple manual dexterity test, commonly used in ergotherapy. The participant tries to place 9 pegs in a 9 holes perforated plate, and then tries to remove them as quickly as possible. The hand must stay in a depression within the plate, thereby insuring a constant distance between the hand and the pegs.

Triple Stimulation Technique

Intervention Type DEVICE

TST (Triple stimulation technique) combines two techniques used in neurologic diagnosis: magnetic stimulation and electroneuromyography. It is based on the principle of two collisions between the descending central stimulation (magnetic stimulation) and the ascending peripheric stimulation. TST allows to better quantify central nervous system diseases. The abnormal amplitude registered by TST is proportional to the intensity of conduction disorders. The evaluation of these disorders is more precise than with the magnetic stimulation technique alone.

Interventions

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Nine Hole Test

The Nine Hole Pegs technique is a simple manual dexterity test, commonly used in ergotherapy. The participant tries to place 9 pegs in a 9 holes perforated plate, and then tries to remove them as quickly as possible. The hand must stay in a depression within the plate, thereby insuring a constant distance between the hand and the pegs.

Intervention Type OTHER

Triple Stimulation Technique

TST (Triple stimulation technique) combines two techniques used in neurologic diagnosis: magnetic stimulation and electroneuromyography. It is based on the principle of two collisions between the descending central stimulation (magnetic stimulation) and the ascending peripheric stimulation. TST allows to better quantify central nervous system diseases. The abnormal amplitude registered by TST is proportional to the intensity of conduction disorders. The evaluation of these disorders is more precise than with the magnetic stimulation technique alone.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Control group:

* No history of neurological disease
* No medicines intake that could disturb performance within the tests (psychotropic medications, sedatives, anti spastic and drugs acting on neuromuscular transmission).

Multiple sclerosis group

* Multiple sclerosis diagnose. Patients followed by Dr Dachy, within the CHU Brugmann Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

* Persons carrying ferromagnetic material (implants, pacemaker).
* Epilepsy history.
* Patients who have had a head trauma with loss of consciousness and/or brain injury.
* Pregnant woman.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Brugmann University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bernard Dachy

Head of clinic

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bernard Bernard, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU Brugmann

Pedro Calderon, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU Brugmann

Locations

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CHU Brugmann

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

References

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Other Identifiers

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CHUB-TST02

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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