Assessment of the Effects of Mental Practice on Tongue Strength in Brain-damaged Patients

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Movement, Involuntary

Treatments: Behavioral: Action observation; Behavioral: Placebo group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04615598

uammadrid91

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective is to evaluate the effects of action-observation training on tongue strength in brain-damaged patients.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 70
• Date of injury : 6 months onwards
• Medical diagnosis: brain damage or head trauma
• Clinical diagnosis of dysphagia by videofluoroscopy or V-CAM and expert opinion.

Exclusion criteria

• Not understanding verbal or auditory/visual commands through the Boston Test
• Present behavioural alterations
• Presence of seizures
• Presence of tracheotomy
• Impulsivity
• Attention Problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Action observation group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Action observation

Placebo group

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Placebo group