Combining Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation and Motor Training in Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors With Attentional Deficits
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Hospital, Neurology, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Neurology, Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 70 |
| Updated: | 2/7/2015 |
| Start Date: | July 2011 |
| End Date: | December 2014 |
| Contact: | Catherine Adans-Dester, PT |
| Email: | cadans-dester@partners.org |
| Phone: | 617-952-6321 |
The overall goal of the proposed project is: (1) to perform a preliminary study to determine
optimal galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) settings based on performance of one cognitive
test of attention, and (2) to gather preliminary evidence of the effects of GVS in
combination with computer-based attention training and motor training performed using a
robotic system designed for rehabilitation, in a small cohort of TBI survivors (20
subjects).
optimal galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) settings based on performance of one cognitive
test of attention, and (2) to gather preliminary evidence of the effects of GVS in
combination with computer-based attention training and motor training performed using a
robotic system designed for rehabilitation, in a small cohort of TBI survivors (20
subjects).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury involving cognitive and/or motor deficits.
- Neurological injury >1 year prior to study enrollment
- Significant attention deficit
- Sufficient voluntary movement and range of motion in their upper extremity to use the
robotic arm system (ARMEO)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- History of seizures within 6 months of study enrollment
- Major depression
- Cognitive impairment that may interfere with understanding instructions
- Severe limitations of upper extremity range of motion
- Agitation
- Other major neurological or psychiatric diseases
- Participation in other forms of therapy/ intervention for upper extremity motor
recovery
- End-stage liver, kidney, cardiac or pulmonary disease
- A terminal medical diagnosis with survival <1 year
- History of drug or alcohol abuse in the last 3 years
- Adjustment of, or plan to adjust, psychoactive medications within the preceding 1
month, or within the study period.
- Current participation in another interventional trial targeting TBI
- Previous GVS treatment
- Contraindications to GVS such as implants
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