The main objective of this study is to investigate whether radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, induced by a mobile phone placed on the body, causes a change in electrophysiology.
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Brief title
Condition
- Other condition
Synonym
Health condition
tijdelijke verandering van elektrofysiologische uitkomstmaten (ECG, EEG, respiratie en GSR)
Research involving
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
A change in one of the following parameters due to mobile phone radiation:
- ECG (heart rate)
- EEG (power of the different band widths)
Secondary outcome
not applicable.
Background summary
Mobile phones are used worldwide and its usage is still increasing. Also due to
mobile phones, people are nowadays almost continuously exposed to radiofrequent
electromagnetic radiation.
The problem with research published thus far about the possible effects of
mobile phone radiation is, that in many of them, there were suspected conflicts
of interest. Furthermore, most of the studies investigated averaged condition
effects, in which the effects of the electrophysiological parameters (EEG
and/or ECG) were quantified with the aid of an averaged estimation of the
exposure condition (in which the radiating mobile phone was present). In this
study we will also examine, next to these averaged condition effects, the
effects directly following radiationpeaks.
EEG and ECG signals are nested within each test subject, that is why we will
use multilevel analysis, to take this nesting into account.
Study objective
The main objective of this study is to investigate whether radiofrequency
electromagnetic radiation, induced by a mobile phone placed on the body, causes
a change in electrophysiology.
Study design
Single-blind, randomised intervention study
Intervention
Placement of a dialling mobile phone on the body.
Study burden and risks
The experiments involve non-invasive measurements, without any risks.
Furthermore, there are no benefits to subjects
and / or risks associated with participation in this study. The exposure to
electromagnetic radiation is comparable to normal mobile phone usage.
Vijverdalseweg 1
Maastricht 6226 NB
NL
Vijverdalseweg 1
Maastricht 6226 NB
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Female, 18-30 years old, good understanding of the dutch language
Exclusion criteria
cardiac or neurological abnormalitie/disease in the medical history
Design
Recruitment
Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration
No registrations found.
Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
No registrations found.
In other registers
Register | ID |
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ClinicalTrials.gov | NCT01872806 |
CCMO | NL44004.068.13 |