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Combined Exercise and Targeted Therapy for Post-Stroke Reading Deficits
Sponsor: Kessler Foundation
Summary
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, the study aims to enhance the reading and language improvements seen with existing treatments.
Official title: Improving Reading Competence in Aphasia With Combined Aerobic Exercise and Phono-Motor Treatment
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 85 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
70
Start Date
2024-04-18
Completion Date
2029-03-01
Last Updated
2025-05-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Phono-Motor Therapy
The goal of PMT is to build orthographic and phonological awareness and phonological sequence knowledge. During PMT, participants will complete a series of tasks manipulating minimal sound units (consonants (C) \& vowels (V)), combining these units into syllables (CVC, CVCC, CCVC) and syllable sequences (real words and readable nonwords). PMT will aim to engage 5 modalities: visual, acoustic, tactile kinesthetic, motor, and orthographic. Multisyllabic stimuli used during treatment will consist of 40 real words and 68 readable nonword letter strings.
Aerobic Exercise Training (AET)
Stationary ergometer cycling at 60% heart rate range for 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes of warm up and cool down.
Stretching
Light stretching activities targeting the head/neck, shoulder, elbow/forearm, hand/wrist, trunk/hip, ankle/foot.
Locations (1)
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey, United States