Vestibular rehabilitation of spatial disorders and neglect

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: I69.3
R27
R29.5
Sequelae of cerebral infarction
Other lack of coordination

Registration Number: DRKS00003233

Lead Sponsor: Klinikum der Universität München, Campus Großhadern

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• patients after unilateral cerebral vascular stroke
• age of 18 years and older
• No severe peripheral visual deficit
• Behavioral Inattention Score 135 and above

Exclusion Criteria

• Metal implant(s) in the body
• Brain tumor(s)
• Scalp Inflammation
• Epilepsy
• Degenerative diseases or psychiatric disorder(s)
• Eye Infections

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
German version of the Behavioral Inattention Test (BIT)and visuo-tactile search performed 6 weeks after start of intervention.<br><br>The primary outcome measures are the German adaptation (Fels & Geisser, 1996) of the Behavioral Inattention Test (BIT) (Wilson et al., 1987) and a visuo-spatial search task (adapted from Schindler et al., 2006). The BIT is a standardized and commonly used measure of hemispatial neglect (Hartman-Maeir & Katz, 1995). It comprises a broad variety of tasks ranging from visual search and line bisection to reading and handling clocks. The visuo-spatial search task is a very practical, cross-modal task assessing patients’ ability to locate objects in space.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective visual vertical and subjective haptic vertical evaluated 6 weeks after start of intervention.<br><br>As secondary outcome measures, the subjective visual vertical (SVV) and subjective haptic (SHV) vertical are assessed. Numerous studies investigating the subjective vertical in hemispatial neglect patients have demonstrated deviations in both modalities (Funk et al., 2010a,b; Utz et al., 2011c). To evaluate the visual modality the bucket method will be used. Zwergal et al. (2009) suggested this method as an easily performed and reliable bedside test. For the haptic modality we will use an adapted apparatus as described in Utz et al. (2011c).