Electrical Stimulation in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Induced Aphasia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- tDCSTBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)Aphasia
- Interventions
- Other: anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation
- Registration Number
- NCT03882502
- Lead Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
- Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied intensive naming therapy leads to a performance improvement in patients with chronic aphasia induced by a moderate TBI
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
- aphasia assessed by Aachener Aphasie Test (AAT) > 6 month after moderate TBI
- Age: 18 - 80 years
- right handedness
Exclusion Criteria
- dementia or other neurological diseases
- History of severe alcoholism or use of drugs
- Severe psychiatric disorders such as depression, psychosis (if not in remission)
- Severe untreated medical problems such as cancer
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description sham stimulation anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation - stimulation group anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Naming ability assessed by 2 weeks Performance in a standardised naming task (Boston Naming Task, BNT) under anodal tDCS compared to sham assessed immediately after training period
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University medicine Greifswald
🇩🇪Greifswald, Germany