Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination With a Recollection Training

Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02790151

Enrollment

Registered

2016-06-03

Start date

2014-11-30

Completion date

2016-10-31

Last updated

2016-10-18

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Conditions

Memory Deficits

Keywords

working memory, recollection training, transfer

Brief summary

Memory deficits after brain damage are common and there is still a need for evaluated therapy methods. In this study we compare two therapeutic interventions and investigate whether therapy effects can be found on neuropsychological tests and on a test measuring memory in everyday life.

Detailed description

In the interventiongroup a computerbased working memory training is combined with a recollection training (repitition-lag procedure). The patients in the active control group undergo the standard memory therapy that is normally provided in the rehabilitation centre (with a focus on the acquisition and execution of different memory strategies, e.g. the spaced retrieval method). The patients in both groups are tested on different neuropsychological tests before and after nine hours of therapy. Additionally, a test is conducted that assesses memory in everyday life.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALStandard Therapy

Learning and practicing Memory strategies

BEHAVIORALExperimental Intervention

Computerbased Working Memory Training in Combination with a Recollection Training

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* brain injury * memory deficits (performance below average in the California Verbal Learning Test in learning trial 1 or 5, sfr or lfr)

Exclusion criteria

* severe amnesia (less than 2 words in sfr of the CVLT), dementia, sensory or motor aphasia, impaired vision, insufficient German language skills, lack of patient's consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Test to assess change in memory performance in everyday life	baseline and 9 hours	The test includes different single tasks that measure memory in everyday life e.g. Story recall (Subtest 6 from the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test) Outcome measure: Total number of points

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Outcome change in different neuropsychological tests	baseline and 9 hours	Tests for verbal memory, working memory, prospective memory, attention and word fluency (Composite scores built from raw scores)

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026