Health Condition 1: null- Stroke patients with expressive aphasia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Real-time fMRI based neurofeedback training: The test patients and healthy volunteers are trained over six sessions to up-regulate BOLD activity using a Real-time fMRI based neurofeedba
Sponsors
Dr C Kesavadas
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with age greater than 18 years, primary language should be Malayalam, right-handed according to Edinburgh handedness inventory, willing to co-operate for the study, motivated for speech therapy, diagnosed with expressive aphasia, and within the interval of 6 weeks to 6 months post-stroke.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients having receptive aphasia, having a pacemaker device or other metallic implants which are not MRI compatible, claustrophobic, and patients needing spectacles for short sightedness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| BOLD up-regulation in the language areas such as Broca and Wernicke area as well as perilesional and contralateral regions.Timepoint: BOLD response is assessed during each session conducted once a week. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Western Aphasia Battery test. Picture naming task - performance with respect to correct score and time to respond.Timepoint: Western Aphasia Battery test and Picture naming task are assessed both before and after the four training sessions. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr C Kesavadas
SCTIMST
Outcome results
None listed