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

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Conditions studied: Unilateral Spatial Neglect

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03141996

Run by

Intermountain Health Care, Inc.

People needed

9

Starts

2017-04-16

Expected to finish

2018-04-12

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

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

Where it is running

• Intermountain Medical Center — Murray, Utah, United States

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