Brain Mechanisms Underlying Reading Improvement in Central Alexia

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

23

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2014

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2016

Conditions
StrokeBrain InjuriesAphasia
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Computer-based behavioural word reading therapy

"Each patient participates in two blocks of reading training (one with real tDCS, one with sham tDCS). Different words will be trained in each training block.~Each training block comprises 10 hours of reading therapy per week for four weeks (three 1-hour sessions/week at research site; 1-hour of training/day at home)"

OTHER

Real tDCS

Real tDCS 20 minutes per session, three times per week

OTHER

Sham tDCS

Sham tDCS, 20 minutes per session, 3 sessions per week

Trial Locations (1)

WC1N 3AR

Institute of Neurology, University College London, London

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University College, London

OTHER

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