The HEP-OKS Study - Hemifield Eye Patching and Optokinetic Stimulation to Treat Hemispatial Neglect in Stroke Patients

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

23

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

February 28, 2014

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2014

Conditions
Spatial NeglectCerebral Stroke
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

hemifield eye patching (HEP) + optokinetic stimulation (OKS)

"Patients in this arm will wear standard spectacle frames containing noncorrective lenses to which right half-field patches are attached (hemifield eye patching, HEP). In case of patients already wearing prescribed glasses, the patches will be attached to their own glasses. The glasses will be worn all-day for the duration of the treatment phase (seven days) and only be removed for sleeping and face cleaning as well as for the duration of the daily OKS treatment sessions.~Furthermore these patients will receive daily sessions (20 minutes) of optokinetic stimulation (OKS). Therefore patients will be seated in front of a widescreen monitor, watching a black background with a pattern of various objects (size 1°), which coherently and continuously move to the left at a velocity of 10 °/s."

Trial Locations (1)

23538

University of Luebeck, Dept. of Neurology, Lübeck

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

German Research Foundation

OTHER

lead

University of Luebeck

OTHER