NCT00072956: Sensory tricks in cervical dystonia: mechanism study

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Updated 2026-10-10

Registry status when checked 2026-10-10Completed

NCT00072956 is a mechanistic study of “sensory tricks” in cervical dystonia, not a treatment-efficacy trial. NINDS investigators examined why a light touch or other maneuver can temporarily reduce abnormal neck posturing in some patients. The question concerned motor-system inhibition and differences between people with effective sensory tricks, those without them, and healthy volunteers. 1 2

The protocol used physiological measurements including transcranial magnetic stimulation and electromyography, rather than testing a new long-term dystonia therapy. Its historical record was updated in 2008. I did not verify numerical physiological results or a publication establishing clinical benefit. A sensory trick's temporary effect should not be described as a cure, and TMS used to measure physiology is not equivalent to therapeutic TMS. 1 2

Sources

1. ClinicalTrials.gov — ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00072956. Original study registration: sponsor, design, population, endpoints and dated history.Original study registration · Original record checked against the registry API. Checked 2026-10-10. Registration and current registry fields do not by themselves establish efficacy. Historical details in the article retain their stated date. Supplied note: ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00072956. Original study registration: sponsor, design, population, endpoints and dated history.

2. ICH GCP — ICH GCP — readable reproduction of the sponsor-submitted ClinicalTrials.gov record. Supports the registration details quoted here; not an independent clinical-results publication.Cited supporting source · Link and description preserved from supplied research. Checked in supplied research dated 2026-10-10. Source description comes from supplied research; underlying page was not independently re-read for this update.