Vestibular Stimulation to Treat Hemispatial Neglect

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Conditions studied: Hemispatial Neglect, Stroke

In brief

The purpose of the current proposal is to pilot a new and potentially improved treatment for neglect. The procedure involves the delivery of transcutaneous small-amplitude current to the vestibular nerves that lie directly below the mastoid bones.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00271388

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

2

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-06

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All participants must be literate in English
• Right handed
• Have corrected near-visual acuity of 20/40 or better
• Patients must also have a minimum of twelve years education
• These inclusionary criteria are based on the data of both Black, Yu, Martin, and Szalai (90) and our own studies.
• They are intended to assure that only patients with sufficiently severe symptoms will be admitted to our study.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusionary criteria include:
• Homonymous hemianopia
• Presence of a severe field cut extending toward the midline on formal perimetry (however many patients who have field cuts restricted to the periphery will be able to fully perceive our stimulus displays so can be included
• Evidence of aphasia on clinical examination (crossed aphasia)
• A significant history of other neurological or psychiatric illness or drug/alcohol abuse

Where it is running

• VA Medical Center, Jamaica Plain Campus — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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