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| Name | Class |
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| Reha Rheinfelden | OTHER |
| m&i-Fachklinik Herzogenaurach | UNKNOWN |
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture and computer-based attention training can be combined for more effective post-stroke attentional deficits.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Acupuncture | Active Comparator | Needling of affected meridian groups in line with Traditional Chinese Medicine procedures (Baihui and Shenting). |
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| Computer-based | Active Comparator | Computer-based attention training (RehaCom). |
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| ACoTrain | Experimental | A combination of computer-based attention training with acupuncture. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| RehaCom | Device | The computer-based neurorehabilitation program is intended for patients with acquired cognitive deficits after brain damage, e.g. after stroke. The RehaCom software has five different therapeutic groups aimed at restoration of attention, memory, executive functions, and visual field, respectively. Each group has one to four different modules to choose from for each therapy session. Only attention will be trained in this study. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline in attention performance at 4 weeks (Test Battery for Attention Performance (TAP)) | Pretest (day 1), Posttest (4 weeks) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change from Baseline in time needed for Trail Making Test (TMT A/-B) at four weeks. | Pretest (day 1), Posttest (4 weeks) | |
| Change from Baseline in number of errors for the Test des Deux Barrage (T2B) at four weeks. | Pretest (day 1), Posttest (4 weeks) |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Recruiting | Fuzhou | Fujian | 350003 | China |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26631161 | Derived | Huang J, McCaskey MA, Yang S, Ye H, Tao J, Jiang C, Schuster-Amft C, Balzer C, Ettlin T, Schupp W, Kulke H, Chen L. Effects of acupuncture and computer-assisted cognitive training for post-stroke attention deficits: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Dec 2;16:546. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1054-x. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020521 | Stroke |
| ID | Term |
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| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| D015670 | Acupuncture Therapy |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Acupuncture | Device | The affected meridian group is treated by needling on Baihui (GV20|DU20) and Shenting (GV24|DU24) - both acupoints of the Governor Vessel. Baihui is 5 cun (1cun=3.33 cm) superior to the anterior hairline on the anterior median line (midpoint of the connecting line between the auricular apices). |
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| Change from Baseline in number of omissions for the Test des Deux Barrage (T2B) at four weeks. | Pretest (day 1), Posttest (4 weeks) |
| National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIH-SS) | Pretest (day 1) |
| Change from baseline in total score of Extended Barthel Index (EBI) at four weeks. | Pretest (day 1), Posttest (4 weeks) |
| Change from baseline score of EuroQol quality of life questionnaire (EQ-5D 3L) at four weeks. | Pretest (day 1), Posttest (4 weeks) |
| m&i Fachklinik Herzogenaurach | Recruiting | Herzogenaurach | Bavaria | 91074 | Germany |
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| Reha Rheinfelden | Not yet recruiting | Rheinfelden | Canton of Aargau | 4310 | Switzerland |
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| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |