Sleep Study Among Inpatients With TBI in an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital

Kessler Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motor Learning in TBI

Treatments: Behavioral: Nap after rehearsal trials

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02236676

R-833-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to better understand how a daytime nap after training on a motor skill after brain injury improves performance compared with the same amount of time after training spent awake and resting.

Enrollment: 5 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must have a Traumatic Brain Injury.
• Must have been a Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation inpatient for at least three days.

Exclusion criteria

• Bilateral arm fractures, cellulitis or other conditions that prevent safe wearing of the WatchPAT-200/actigragh.
• Movement disorder or spasticity affecting both upper extremities
• Patients who are ventilator-dependent.
• Patients who are on contact precautions for C.diff or other highly contagious diseases.
• Patients with neurological disorders other than TBI.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Nap after rehearsal trials

Active Comparator group

Description:

A 30-minute daytime nap after training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nap after rehearsal trials

Resting while awake

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Placebo condition of 30 minutes between training and retesting in which the half hour is spent resting awake in bed.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nap after rehearsal trials