Combined Exercise and Targeted Therapy for Post-Stroke Reading Deficits
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Stroke
Aphasia
Reading Disorder
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 85
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 70 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of the proposed project is to test the effectiveness of a novel hybrid approach to treatment of reading disorders after stroke, in which exercise training will be used in combination with a targeted reading treatment. This approach is expected to increase cerebral circulation and help to rebuild and strengthen the damaged phonological neural networks. Through this combinatory approach, th…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* fluent and literate in English prior to stroke
* 1st ever stroke
* more than 3 months post-stroke
* post-stroke reading deficits, defined as reading aloud accuracy \<83% for single words or \<65% for readable nonwords
* living within a 50-mile radius from Kessler Foundation.
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