Use of Vibration to Improve Visual/Spatial Neglect in Patients Affected by Stroke (NEGLECT)

Intermountain Health Care, Inc.

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Unilateral Spatial Neglect

Treatments: Other: Standard of Care; Other: Vibration to upper posterior neck muscles

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03141996

NEGLECT STUDY

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will measure if five minutes of vibration to the upper back neck muscles, prior to standard of care treatment, will improve symptoms of spatial neglect and/or activities of daily living function for patients who have had a stroke.

Full description

Spatial neglect is a common syndrome following stroke, most frequently of the right side of the brain. Such patients fail to be aware of objects or people to their left. This study is being done to learn if vibration treatment can improve visual/spatial neglect and activities of daily living in stroke patients better than current standard intervention.This treatment will be performed by occupational therapist practitioners prior to regular occupational therapy session using a vibration tool.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years old or older
• demonstrated visual/spatial neglect, as demonstrated by NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and deficits in assessing tactile extinction and visuospatial neglect done on admission.

Exclusion criteria

• severe pain or skin disease at the posterior neck
• severe atherosclerosis of carotid arteries by an ultrasonic evaluation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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9 participants in 2 patient groups

Vibration to upper posterior neck muscles

Experimental group

Description:

Treatment will be performed by occupational therapist practitioners prior to regular occupational therapy session using a vibration tool.

Treatment:

Other: Vibration to upper posterior neck muscles

Standard of care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Regular occupational therapy session

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care