Unilateral Spatial Neglect Clinical Trial
Official title:
Innovative Therapy Combining Neck Muscle Vibration and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Association With Conventional Rehabilitation in Left Unilateral Spatial Neglect Patients: HEMISTIM Protocol
BACKGROUND: Unilateral spatial neglect (USN) rehabilitation remains a challenge and requires the development of new methods that can be easily integrated into conventional practice. The aim of the HEMISTIM protocol is to assess immediate and long-term functional outcomes and neuropsychological aspects of recovery, induced by an innovative association of left-side neck-muscle vibration (NMV) and anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on the ipsilesional posterior parietal cortex during occupational therapy sessions in patients with left USN. METHODS: Participants will be randomly assigned to 4 groups: control, Left-NMV, Left-NMV + sham-tDCS or Left-NMV + anodal-tDCS. NMV will be applied during the first 15 minutes of occupational therapy and tDCS will be applied for 20 minutes, starting 5 minutes before, three days a week for three weeks. USN will be assessed at baseline, just at the end of the first experimental session, after the first and third weeks of the protocol and three weeks after its ending. DISCUSSION: Left NMV, by activating multisensory integration neuronal networks, might enhance beneficial effects obtained by conventional occupational therapy sessions since interesting post-effects were shown when it was combined with voluntary upper limb movements. The investigators expect to reinforce lasting intermodal recalibration through LTP-like plasticity induced by anodal tDCS. The HEMISTIM protocol represents a therapeutic innovation associated to conventional practice that could provide a partial solution to the rehabilitation challenges of the USN syndrome and some insights to its underlying mechanisms.
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