Training Executive Functions to Facilitate Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 28
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in switch costs, measured via response time in milliseconds on task switch trials minus response time on task repetition trials, from baseline
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research study is to investigate different types of task training to determine if training improves thinking processes following traumatic brain injury.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 19 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •If you have had a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)or no history of neurological disease/damage.
- •If you are between the ages of 19 and 65.
Exclusion Criteria
- •For participants with Traumatic Brain Injury:
- •If you have a history of prior neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, seizures, or brain tumor).
- •If your Brain injury is less than 6 months ago.
- •For healthy participants:
- •If you have a history of prior neurological disorders (e.g., head injury, stroke, seizures, or brain tumor).
- •For All participants:
- •If you have significant psychiatric history (such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.)
- •If you have a alcohol or drug abuse history.
- •If you are currently taking certain types of medications, which the study doctor will review.
- •If you do not have a working knowledge of the English Language.
Arms & Interventions
Task Switching Training
Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will practice switching between tasks within an alternating runs task switching paradigm.
Intervention: Task Switching Training (Behavioral)
Pure Task Training
Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will perform a single task each session, alternating tasks between but not within sessions.
Intervention: Control Task (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in switch costs, measured via response time in milliseconds on task switch trials minus response time on task repetition trials, from baseline
Time Frame: 2 months
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported