Improvement of Aphasia After Stroke by Intensive Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

University Hospital Muenster1 site in 1 country20 target enrollmentJanuary 2009

ConditionsAphasia Stroke

Overview

Phase: Phase 2
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Aphasia
Sponsor: University Hospital Muenster
Enrollment: 20
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Number of words correctly named after training plus tDCS
Last Updated: 17 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

The study aims to identify if intensive language training, consisting mainly of computer-based object naming, together with electrical brain stimulation, will lead to an improvement of language functions in patients that suffer from language disturbances after a stroke.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2009

End Date

December 2009

Last Updated

17 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Crossover

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University Hospital Muenster

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•chronic stroke (\> 1 year after event)
•aphasia due to stroke with naming impairment
•German as first language
•first-ever stroke

Exclusion Criteria

•more than 1 stroke
•progressive stroke
•history of severe alcohol or drug abuse, psychiatric illnessess like severe depression, poor motivational capacity
•contraindications for Magnetic Resonance Imaging