Therapeutic Effects of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) on Spatial Neglect

Schoen Clinic Bad Aibling

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Spatial Neglect After Right Brain-damage

Treatments: Device: Direct current galvanic vestibular stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01834443

GVS-Therapy

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether galvanic vestibular stimulation is effective in the treatment of spatial neglect after right brain-damage.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• spatial neglect after unilateral ischemic infarction or unilateral haemorrhage

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic epilepsy
• Metallic implants (including pacemakers)
• Brain tumors
• Scalp inflammation
• Degenerative disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

GVS CL

Experimental group

Description:

Transmastoid galvanic vestibular stimulation is applied, with the cathode placed on the left mastoid

Treatment:

Device: Direct current galvanic vestibular stimulation

GVS CR

Experimental group

Description:

Transmastoid galvanic vestibular stimulation is applied, with the cathode placed on the right mastoid

Treatment:

Device: Direct current galvanic vestibular stimulation

GVS Sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Transmastoid galvanic stimulation set-up is applied, with only 30s of stimulation

Treatment:

Device: Direct current galvanic vestibular stimulation