Status:
UNKNOWN
Investigating How Sleep After Training Can Affect the Learning of a Motor Skill in Individuals With Brain Injury
Lead Sponsor:
Kessler Foundation
Conditions:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Studies have shown that a period of sleep, even in the form of a daytime nap, after a period of training on a motor learning task can boost subsequent performance beyond that observed after an equal a...
Detailed Description
Procedural memory is vitally important to the efficacy of rehabilitation following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Specifically, during rehabilitation, persons with TBI must re-learn many motor skills a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- I am between the ages of 18-65
- I have a diagnosis of a moderate to severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- I am at least 1 year post-injury
- I am a habitual napper (I nap at least once per week) or I am able to fall asleep in a comfortable reclining chair in a dimly lit room
- I am right handed
- I can read and speak English fluently
Exclusion
- I am pregnant
- I have had a prior stroke or neurological disease
- I have a history of significant psychiatric illness
- I am unable to demonstrate fine motor movements by touching each of my fingers to my thumb on the same hand
- I am taking dopaminergic medication.
- I have a significant alcohol or drug abuse history
- My vision is impaired - more than 20/60 in worst eye
- I have previous experience in playing a musical instrument
- I have been told by my doctor that it is unsafe for me to receive regular MRI
- I have non-titanium metal in my body or something in my body in which will keep me from being still in the MRI
- I have a movement disorder in which will keep me from being still in the MRI
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 18 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04810442
Start Date
February 18 2020
End Date
March 31 2022
Last Update
March 23 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Kessler Foundation
East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936