Control of attention by the motor system: an explorative intervention study in neglect patients
- Conditions
- beroertelateralized attentional deficitvisuospatial neglect
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48849
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Intervention group (neglect patients):;* Clinical diagnosed symptomatic stroke (ischemic or intracerebral haemorrhagic lesion), first or
recurrent, if possible verified by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and/or Computed Tomography
(CT) data
* Signs of neglect:
o asymmetry between the left and right side of the stimulus field in number of missed items of at
least 2 on a shape cancelation task, and/or
o a bias towards the left or right side of space on a line bisection task, and/or
o Catherine Bergego Scale score higher than 6.
* 18-85 years of age
* Sufficient ability to comprehend and to communicate, as observed during neuropsychological
assessment and/or neglect screening
* Sufficient motivation to participate in a daily rehabilitation treatment programme for two weeks.
* Written informed consent
Patients who recovered from neglect between inclusion and start of the training (i.e. no signs of neglect anymore on all baseline measurements) will be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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