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Visual and Tactile Scanning Training in Patients With Neglect After Stroke

NCT ID: NCT02309853

Last Updated: 2014-12-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

16 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-12-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether 20 Sessions of 30 minutes with a visual and tactile scanning training in the personal, peripersonal and extrapersonal space combined with trunk rotation will be feasible and provide better results compared to 20 Sessions of 30 minutes of a standard visual scanning programme.

Detailed Description

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In patients with stroke, unilateral neglect is a predictor for poor independency and quality of life. Current therapies are lacking a progression of intensity based on clear criteria. In addition, therapies include rather analytical exercises and the transfer of the achieved functions to activities of daily living remains difficult. Therefore, the investigators developed a criterion based system, in which the investigators are matching interventions to specific neglect related deficits and behaviour. The investigators plan a randomised controlled trial (stage 2 "development of concept trial") to evaluate whether an Experimental Group with 20 Sessions of 30 minutes with a visual and tactile scanning training in the personal, peripersonal and extrapersonal space combined with trunk rotation or a Control Group with 20 Sessions of 30 minutes of a standard visual scanning programme results in larger improvements on the neglect behaviour during activities of daily life (Catherine Bergego Scale). Sixteen stroke patients with left side neglect (i.e. right brain lesions) will be recruited in an inpatient rehabilitations setting.

Conditions

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Hemispatial Neglect

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Visual and tactile scanning training

20 Sessions of 30 minutes with a visual and tactile scanning training in the personal, peripersonal and extrapersonal space combined with trunk rotation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Visual and tactile scanning training

Intervention Type OTHER

20 Sessions of 30 minutes with a visual and tactile scanning training in the personal, peripersonal and extrapersonal space and trunk rotation. The intervention includes visual or tactile scanning training in three different spaces and will be individually adapted to the needs of the patients.

1. Visual or tactile scanning in the personal space
2. Visual or tactile scanning and trunk rotation in the peripersonal space
3. Visual scanning and trunk rotation in the extrapersonal space

Unimodal visual scanning training

20 sessions of 30 minutes with traditional uni-modal visual scanning training

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Uni-modal visual scanning training

Intervention Type OTHER

20 sessions of 30 minutes with traditional uni-modal visual scanning training in the peripersonal space.

Interventions

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Visual and tactile scanning training

20 Sessions of 30 minutes with a visual and tactile scanning training in the personal, peripersonal and extrapersonal space and trunk rotation. The intervention includes visual or tactile scanning training in three different spaces and will be individually adapted to the needs of the patients.

1. Visual or tactile scanning in the personal space
2. Visual or tactile scanning and trunk rotation in the peripersonal space
3. Visual scanning and trunk rotation in the extrapersonal space

Intervention Type OTHER

Uni-modal visual scanning training

20 sessions of 30 minutes with traditional uni-modal visual scanning training in the peripersonal space.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* First or second time right hemispheric stroke (haemorrhagic or ischaemic, diagnosed with computer tomography or magnetic resonance imaging)
* Time after last stroke: less than 8 weeks
* Hemispatial neglect with at least seven points on the Catherine Bergego Scale
* Right handed

Exclusion Criteria

* Reduced vision after rectification (i.e. corrected vision sufficient to read newspaper-sized print)
* Mini-Mental State Evaluation Score below 11
* Not fluently speaking and understanding French or German language in order to understand the tasks and the assessments, as assessed and judged by the medical doctor and the staff.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

HES-SO Valais-Wallis

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Martin Sattelmayer, MSc, MA

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Locations

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Berner Klinik Montana

Montana, Valais, Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Martin Sattelmayer, MSc, MA

Role: CONTACT

Email: [email protected]

Roger Hilfiker, MPTSc

Role: CONTACT

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Martin Sattelmayer, MA, MSc

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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P40907

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id