Combined Exercise and Targeted Therapy for Post-Stroke Reading Deficits

Description

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.

Conditions

Stroke, Aphasia, Reading Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

Improving Reading Competence in Aphasia With Combined Aerobic Exercise and Phono-Motor Treatment

Combined Exercise and Targeted Therapy for Post-Stroke Reading Deficits

Condition
Stroke
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

West Orange

Kessler Foundation, West Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07052

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility 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.
  • * contraindication to MRI
  • * prior neurological disease
  • * developmental learning or reading disability (i.e., developmental dyslexia)
  • * contraindication to exercise
  • * concurrent speech and language therapy

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Kessler Foundation,

Olga Boukrina, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Kessler Foundation

Study Record Dates

2029-09-30