Virtual Reality in Aphasia Rehabilitation

Stroke, Ischemic Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Virtual Reality Rises; The Fall of The Aphasia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06200025
• Other study ID #: AIBU-FTR-BENLI-006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Abant Izzet Baysal University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Virtual reality-based aphasia rehabilitation has been shown to improve the language skills of individuals with aphasia in the chronic period after stroke. However, non-immersive or semi-immersive rehabilitation methods have often been adopted in the studies. Considering the importance of the visual given to the patient for naming, it can be thought that full immersive therapy may be more effective. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cue-based aphasia naming therapy in a fully immersive virtual reality environment on aphasia severity and aphasia-related quality of life and to compare it with standard cue treatments.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 102
• Est. completion date: September 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with non-fluent aphasia by a neurologist

• at least 4 months after stroke

• A score of 29 and above on the language score sub-item of the GAT scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe sensory impairments (vision, hearing) that prevent participation in therapies

• severe motor dysfunction

• apraxia

• neglect

• dementia

• psychiatric disorders

• 3D vision problems

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aphasia
• Ischemic Stroke
• Stroke, Ischemic

Intervention

Other:
• Cue-based speech therapy in virtual reality
Treatment applied with virtual reality headsets to provide 3d visual and auditory cues to individuals in a virtual environment. A treatment environment where the provision of cues can be controlled by the therapist, interacting with 3d clues and receiving feedback on the accuracy of the named objects.
• Cue-based speech therapy
Treatment involving the assessment of language skills and the presentation of communication strategies to the individual, including the use of personalized phonological cues.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Faculty of Health Sciences Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University	Bolu	Merkez

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Abant Izzet Baysal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Gülhane Aphasia Test	Gülhane Aphasia Test-2 (GAT-2) was used to assess aphasia severity. GAT-2 is a valid and reliable test developed by Mavis et al. to evaluate aphasia and to obtain information about motor speech disorders such as dysarthria and apraxia that may accompany aphasia.; The GAT-2 consists of 7 subsections: speech fluency, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, oral-motor evaluation, automatic speech, repetition and naming. A maximum total score of 82 can be obtained and higher scores are associated with better speech function.	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39 (SAQOL-39)	It is a 39-item valid and reliable scale used to assess quality of life in individuals with aphasia, which examines 4 sub-headings: physical, psychosocial, communication and energy. In 21 items of the scale, the difficulties experienced by individuals with aphasia in their activities in the last week are evaluated, and in the other 18 items, the emotional reactions and possible problems experienced by individuals in the last week are questioned.	through study completion, an average of 1 year