Clinical trials: Apraxia
Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia
A Novel Treatment for Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech : Measurement of Outcomes
In order to determine if speech-language therapy has positive effect, reliable measurement tools are required to document outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT01979159
- Testing
- Combined Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech Treatment (CAAST)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Lumbar Disc Disease
SPI-directed Analgesia for Lumbar Discectomy
The aim of this randomized trial is to assess the efficacy of analgesia for lumbar discectomy and compare Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) with Surgical Pleth Index (SPI) for monitoring pain perception postoperatively.
- Trial name
- SPI (NCT02971540)
- Testing
- Metamizol, Tramadol, Bupivacaine
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Silesia
Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech
Treatments of Acquired Apraxia of Speech
This study was designed to examine the effects of speech therapy on ability to produce speech sounds in persons with acquired apraxia of speech.
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech, Stroke
- Trial name
- Apraxia (NCT01483807)
- Testing
- Sound Production Treatment - Blocked, Sound Production Treatment - Random
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stroke, Apraxias
Functional Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Apraxia in Patients Poststroke
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of a mixed intervention of occupational therapy (rehabilitative and compensatory approach) at home to upper limb apraxia in mild and moderate patients post stroke in comparison…
- Trial name
- NCT02199093
- Testing
- Functional Rehabilitation of apraxia, Traditional health educative protocol
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Performance Anxiety, Emotional Stress
Intervention on Caregivers Caring for Patients Poststroke With Upper Limb Apraxia
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of a intervention on a specific health prevention/intervention program aimed at caregivers of mild and moderate patients post stroke with upper limb apraxia in comparison to a…
- Trial name
- CPA (NCT02307019)
- Testing
- Program on specific prevention of health, Program on general prevention of health
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Dyspraxia
Exploring the Impact and Feasibility of a Pathway to Sport and Long-term Participation in Young People
The importance of play and physical activity include its many benefits on positively improving health and well-being, enhancing children's and young people's thinking and performance in school, improving their sleep and enabling…
- Trial name
- EPIC (NCT02517333)
- Testing
- EPIC Club
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Cerebral Palsy, Dyspraxia
Immersive Virtual Environments and Wearable Haptic Devices in Rehabilitation of Children With Neuromotor Impairments
The investigators proposed a controlled, single-blind, unicentric, crossover, randomized, clinical trial to test the effects of immersive virtual environments and wearable haptic devices in the rehabilitation of children with…
- Trial name
- SERIOUSGAME (NCT03353623)
- Testing
- Serious Game, Conventional Therapy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
Ataxia-oculomotor Apraxia 1
Evolution of Albumin on AOA1 Patients Supplemented With Coenzyme Q10
We propose a study on Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) in which Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) deficit has been observed. Main objectives of the study are : To monitor evolution of albumin in patients affected with AOA1 while…
- Trial name
- AOA1 (NCT02333305)
- Testing
- CoQ10
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Ideomotor Apraxia
Using fMRI to Understand the Roles of Brain Areas for Fine Hand Movements
Ideomotor apraxia, a disorder that affects patients with stroke and a variety of other brain lesions, features disturbed timing, sequence, and spatial organization of skilled movements.
- Trial name
- NCT00063115
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Corticobasal Syndrome
Electrical Polarization of the Brain in Corticobasal Syndrome
This study will test whether DC electrical polarization of the brain can temporarily improve hand function in patients with corticobasal syndrome (CBS).
- Trial name
- NCT00273897
- Testing
- Phoresor II
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease
Gait and Alzheimer Interaction Tracking (GAIT) Study
The purpose of this study is to examine and to compare gait characteristics under single- and dual-task conditions among healthy subjects together with AD patients at different stages of disease (i.e., pre-dementia, mild and…
- Conditions
- Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease, Impaired Cognition, Cerebral Atrophy
- Trial name
- GAIT (NCT01315717)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 912 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia
Auditory Masking Effects on Speech Fluency in Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech
Impaired speech production is a major obstacle to full participation in life roles by stroke survivors with aphasia and apraxia of speech.
- Conditions
- Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- NCT02094014
- Testing
- Normal Auditory Feedback, Masked Auditory Feedback, Altered Auditory Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
PPA, Primary Progressive Aphasia
PiB PET Scanning in Speech and Language Based Dementias
The study is designed to determine whether there are clinical features that can be used as biomarkers to predict whether underlying Alzheimer's pathology is the cause of a speech and language based dementia.
- Conditions
- PPA, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Aphasia, Non-fluent Aphasia
- Trial name
- NCT01623284
- Testing
- C-11 PiB, F-18 FDG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Stroke, Acute Hemiplegia, Apraxia
Action Observation Treatment (AOT) as a Rehabilitation Tool
Epidemiological studies report that 85% of stroke survivors show hemiparesis and a percentage ranging from 55% to 75% report upper limb functional impairment.
- Trial name
- AOT (NCT02235350)
- Testing
- Action Observation Treatment (AOT), Observation of videos with no motor content (MNO)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
Osteoarthritis
Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement - Navigated Versus Non-navigated Study
The primary objective of this investigation is to compare the precision of long leg alignment achieved by the two types of procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT00733330
- Testing
- Either P.F.C. Sigma or L.C.S. Complete knee replacement using the conventional surgical approach and manual surgical technique, Either P.F.C. Sigma or L.C.S. Complete knee replacement using minimally invasive surgical approach and computer navigation
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Australia and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- DePuy International
Multiple Sclerosis, Apraxia
Occupational Therapy in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Limb apraxia is defined as the inability to correctly perform skilled and/or learned limb movements, which cannot be explained by elementary motor and sensory deficits or cognitive problems.
- Trial name
- NCT01507636
- Testing
- Occupational Therapy, Physical therapy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Alzheimer's Disease, Gait Apraxia
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
The purpose of this study is to compare characteristics of gait and balance measured among patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders separated into 3 groups according to the stage of disease (i.e., pre-dementia, mild…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Gait Apraxia, Impaired Cognition
- Trial name
- MERE (NCT01315704)
- Testing
- Drug intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease
Study of Adherence and Effects of Balance Exercices (SIEL BLEU Associatio)
The purpose of this study is to measure the adherence to "Siel bleu" balance exercises in patients with Alzheimer's disease, while taking into account the disease stages.
- Conditions
- Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease, Impaired Cognition
- Trial name
- SIELBLEU (NCT01314638)
- Testing
- Workshop balances
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Rolandic Epilepsy, Apraxia
Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy
Rolandic Epilepsy is the most common form of childhood epilepsy. It is classified as idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with benign evolution.
- Trial name
- NCT01046760
- Testing
- Language Assessment
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Stuttering, Developmental Apraxia of Speech
Stuttering and Apraxia of Speech: the Efficacy of an Intervention Program
Subjects' utterances were submitted to acoustic analysis before and after the intervention program applied on prosodic basis.
- Trial name
- SAS:EIP (NCT01097161)
- Testing
- speech therapy with the assistance of an acoustical analysis program
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Minas Gerais