Payment Amount: Participants will receive $10 gift card.
Study Title: Influence of Testing Positions in Assessing Corticomotor Function of Gluteus Maximus
Purpose: To examine whether testing positions (laying flat on your back vs. laying on your stomach vs. hip bridge) changes how your brain communicates with your gluteus maximus (hip muscle). The secondary purpose of the study is to identify the relationships between the brain-to-muscle connection functions and common tasks related to gluteus maximus functions (strength and single leg squat movement).
Participant Restrictions: We are looking for individuals to be between 18 and 35 years old. Participants must physically active (moderate-to-vigorous intensity of physical activity at least 30 mins per day for at least 3 days per week) healthy individual without any history of low back or lower extremity surgery, history of low back or lower extremity injury or pain within the past 6 months, neurological or cognitive impairment, history of epilepsy, convulsion, or seizure, use of heart pacemaker or intracardiac lines, history of concussion or head trauma, use of implants in the ear, use of implanted neurostimulator, history of stroke or brain lesion, history of metal removal from eyes, use of metal in the brain, skull, or neck, possibility of being pregnant, alcohol consumption within the past 3 days, or use of substances.
Measurements: Participants will conduct corticomotor function (brain-muscle communication) assessment of gluteus maximus (hip muscle) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in three different positions (laying flat on your back vs. laying on your stomach vs. hip bridge), muscle strength (how strong your hip muscle) test, and single-leg squat tests in two visits.
Time to complete study:
Visit 1and 2 = approximately 90 minutes each
This study was approved by the UConn IRB, Protocol H24-0454.
For more information, please contact:
Student Researcher: Takhyun Yoo, MA, ATC; takhyun.yoo@uconn.edu; Phone #: 402-249-1047
Principal Investigator: Neal Glaviano, PhD, ATC; neal.glaviano@uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Takhyun Yoo at takhyun.yoo@uconn.edu