R29.5
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Therapy group: two-week neck muscle vibration (100Hz) with 5 sessions per week of 20 minutes each.
Group 2: Placebo group: two-week placebo vibration offset from neck muscles (ineffective 50H
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Presence of a spatial neglect. In addition to clinical behavioral observations, diagnostic criteria must be met in at least two of the following four neglect tests: letter cancellation test (Weintraub & Mesulam, 1987), Bells test (Gauthier et al., 1989), copying task (Johannsen & Karnath, 2004), and line bisection task (McIntosh et al., 2005).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with tumors or patients in whom scans (CT/MRI) showed no obvious lesions were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - What: Improvement of neglect symptoms. - When: both groups twice before starting therapy and twice after completing vibration; the neck muscle vibration therapy group will receive a 6th assessment time point one month after completing therapy - How: Performance assessment via the neglect diagnostics: Letter Cancellation, Bells Cancellation, Copying Line Drawings, Line Bisection, and via measurement of activities of daily living via the Catherine Bergego Scale and the NET Neglect Test. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Compatibility | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHans-Otto Karnath
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Outcome results
None listed