Acupuncture and Computer-based Training to Improve Attention Deficits in Patients After Stroke (ACoTrain)

Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: Acupuncture; Device: RehaCom

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02324959

651

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture and computer-based attention training can be combined for more effective post-stroke attentional deficits.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admitted to inpatient stroke rehabilitation within six months after first-ever stroke
• Mild cognitive impairments (attention performance TAP > 1 standard deviation below mean age-matched norm in at least one subtest).
• Conscious, stable physical condition and signed informed consent of patient.

Exclusion criteria

• Severe visual and/or hearing problems
• Inability to follow instructions (MoCA)
• Disorders of speech and instruction comprehension (tested with a modified token-test)
• Severe visual and/or hearing problems
• Pre-existing mental disorders - Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Acupuncture

Active Comparator group

Description:

Needling of affected meridian groups in line with Traditional Chinese Medicine procedures (Baihui and Shenting).

Treatment:

Device: Acupuncture

Computer-based

Active Comparator group

Description:

Computer-based attention training (RehaCom).

Treatment:

Device: RehaCom

ACoTrain

Experimental group

Description:

A combination of computer-based attention training with acupuncture.

Treatment:

Device: RehaCom

Device: Acupuncture