Brain Connections for Arm Movement After Stroke (NCT04286516)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
The purpose of this study is to use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) while subjects are making reaching movements in a robotic arm device in order to discover how different brain areas control movement before and after stroke and when these brain areas are most sensitive to TMS.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (12 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (9 items).
Location: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria: (for both groups)
- Unable to give informed consent
- Have a serious complicating medical illness that would preclude participation
- Contractures or orthopedic problems limiting range of joint motion in the potential study arm or other impairments that would interfere with the study activities
- Visual loss such that the subject would not be able to see the test patterns on the robot computer monitor
- Unable to comply with requirements of the study
- Enrollment in another greater-than-minimal risk study
- Presence of medical condition or implant that prevents safe administration of TMS or MRI
- Pregnancy
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.