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A Comparison of Prism Adaptation Training (PAT) Paired With Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation (TENS) vs PAT Alone on Outcomes in Post-Stroke Patients Experiencing Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN)

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Other, Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This study aims to find out if doing two treatments together-Prism Adaptation Therapy (PAT) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)-will help people who have had a stroke pay better attention to one side of their body, better than just doing PAT by itself. In addition to understanding how the intervention improves function the investigators would like to see if things like how old someone is, how long ago their stroke happened, where their brain was damaged, or how bad the neglect is, affect how well the treatment works. To measure if the interventions make a difference the following outcome measures will be used. Catherine Bergego Scale (CBS): This is a test to see how severe someone's neglect is. Trained therapists use 10 simple tasks to check if a person is ignoring the left or right side. Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT): This test checks how well a stroke survivor can move their arm. It helps the therapists see if the treatments improve movement and reaction time People can join the study if they had a stroke, score at least 1 on the Catherine Bergego Scale, and they can understand and agree to take part in the study. People cannot join the study if they have had more than two strokes, have or had seizures, or have a serious mental illness like schizophrenia, or have cancer in the arm that was affected by the stroke, they have a pacemaker or defibrillator in their body, and if they can't feel their arm on the side affected by the stroke Once the study is done, the main results will be shared with the therapists who work at the NeuroRehab and Balance Center, like the physical, speech, and occupational therapists.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• A diagnosis of stroke

• Score 1 or above on the Catherine Bergego Scale

• Cognitively able to consent

Locations
United States
Ohio
Kettering Health NeuroRehab and Balance Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Centerville
Kettering Health NeuroRehab and Balance Center
RECRUITING
Centerville
Contact Information
Primary
Rachelle M Janning, OTD, MS, OTR/L
rachelle.janning@ketteringhealth.org
19372324443
Backup
Michelle Pershing, PhD
michelle.pershing@ketteringhealth.org
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-09-30
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-09-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 20
Treatments
Experimental: PAT + TENS treatment
Subjects in this group will receive both prism adaptation training (PAT) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) during therapy sessions. Subjects will wear 20 diopter prism lenses that shift the visual field (for left neglect field is shifted to right, for right neglect field is shifted to the left) while reaching with either UE toward a target. The visual system and the motor system adapt over several reaches to align both the visual system and the motor system, and the target is reached. The client will wear the prism goggles during the functional reaching task while also using a TENS unit on their upper extremity on the neglected side of space to provide increased sensory awareness. TENS will be delivered using FDA-approved commercially available portable units.
Active_comparator: PAT only
Subjects will receive only prism adaptation training (PAT) during their therapy sessions. Subjects will wear 20 diopter prism lenses that shift the visual field (for left neglect field is shifted to right, for right neglect field is shifted to the left) while reaching with either UE toward a target. The visual system and the motor system adapt over several reaches to align both the visual system and the motor system, and the target is reached. The client will wear the prism goggles during the functional reaching task.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Kettering Health Network

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