Combined Exercise and Targeted Therapy for Post-Stroke Reading Deficits
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Conditions studied: Stroke, Aphasia, Reading Disorder
In brief
The goal of the proposed project is to test the effectiveness of a novel hybrid approach to treatment of reading disorders after stroke, in which exercise training will be used in combination with a targeted reading treatment. This approach is expected to increase cerebral circulation and help to rebuild and strengthen the damaged phonological neural networks. Through this combinatory approach, the study aims to enhance the reading and language improvements seen with existing treatments.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06213272
- Run by
- Kessler Foundation
- People needed
- 70
- Starts
- 2024-04-18
- Expected to finish
- 2029-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-05-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- fluent and literate in English prior to stroke
- 1st ever stroke
- more than 3 months post-stroke
- post-stroke reading deficits, defined as reading aloud accuracy <83% for single words or <65% for readable nonwords
- living within a 50-mile radius from Kessler Foundation.
You may not qualify if…
- contraindication to MRI
- prior neurological disease
- developmental learning or reading disability (i.e., developmental dyslexia)
- contraindication to exercise
- concurrent speech and language therapy
Where it is running
- Kessler Foundation — West Orange, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)
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