Clinical Trial: Aerobic Exercise and Aphasia Treatment

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Aerobic Exercise and Aphasia Treatment

Brief Summary: The purpose of the study is to determine if speech therapy can be enhanced by Aerobic Exercise (AE). Investigators will use a single subject design to determine if aphasia therapy result in greater gains when combined with aerobic exercise.

Detailed Summary:

Aim 1: To test the feasibility of a research study that combines speech therapy with aerobic exercise (AE). Participants will be alternately assigned to receiving AE during during a 30 minute break from speech therapy.

Aim 2: To test the preliminary efficacy of combining speech therapy with AE to promote language improvements in aphasia. These data will inform the design of a large, controlled clinical trial


Sponsor: New York University School of Medicine

Current Primary Outcome:

  • The Aphasia Communication Outcome Measure (ACOM) (Hula et al., 2015) [ Time Frame: 24 Weeks ]
    Patient-reported outcome measure of communicative functioning for persons with aphasia
  • The Boston Naming Test [ Time Frame: 24 Weeks ]
    The examiner begins with Item 1 and continues through Item 60, unless the patient is in distress or refuses to continue. The patient is told to tell the examiner the name of each picture and is given about 20 seconds to respond for each trial. The examiner writes down the patient's responses in detail, using codes. If the patient fails to give the correct response, the examiner at her or his discretion may give the patient a phonemic cue, which is the initial sound of the target word. After the patient completes the test, the examiner scores each item + or - according to the response coding and scoring procedures


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: New York University School of Medicine

Dates:
Date Received: December 19, 2016
Date Started: December 2016
Date Completion: December 2018
Last Updated: December 19, 2016
Last Verified: December 2016