Clinical trials: Apraxia
Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia
Cognitive Reserve and Response to Speech-Language Intervention in Bilingual Speakers With Primary Progressive Aphasia
Difficulties with speech and language are the first and most notable symptoms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). While there is evidence that demonstrates positive effects of speech-language treatment for individuals with PPA…
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, Dementia, Dementia, Frontotemporal, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05741853
- Testing
- Video-Implemented Script Training for Aphasia (VISTA), Lexical Retrieval Training (LRT)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephanie Grasso
Alzheimer's Disease, Gait Apraxia
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
The purpose of this study is to compare characteristics of gait and balance measured among patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders separated into 3 groups according to the stage of disease (i.e., pre-dementia, mild…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Gait Apraxia, Impaired Cognition
- Trial name
- MERE (NCT01315704)
- Testing
- Drug intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Aphasia, Stroke
ReadMap: Reading in Stroke Alexia and Typical Aging
Loss of reading ability due to stroke, called alexia, likely affects over a million Americans at any given time and causes difficulty performing many daily life functions, such as paying bills, using email/text, reading for…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Stroke, Alexia
- Trial name
- ReadMap (NCT06700005)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Ideomotor Apraxia
Using fMRI to Understand the Roles of Brain Areas for Fine Hand Movements
Ideomotor apraxia, a disorder that affects patients with stroke and a variety of other brain lesions, features disturbed timing, sequence, and spatial organization of skilled movements.
- Trial name
- NCT00063115
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease
Gait and Alzheimer Interaction Tracking (GAIT) Study
The purpose of this study is to examine and to compare gait characteristics under single- and dual-task conditions among healthy subjects together with AD patients at different stages of disease (i.e., pre-dementia, mild and…
- Conditions
- Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease, Impaired Cognition, Cerebral Atrophy
- Trial name
- GAIT (NCT01315717)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 912 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Developmental Coordination Disorder, Developmental Dyspraxia
Reliability and Validity of a Computerized Tool to Assess Proprioception Among Children With Coordination Disorders
Coordination disorders are common among children that arrive to child development services. Children with coordination disorders have impaired proprioceptive sensation and motor planning.
- Conditions
- Developmental Coordination Disorder, Developmental Dyspraxia, Clumsy Child Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03285776
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jay Zuckerman
Gait Apraxia, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Gait as Predictor of Dementia and Falls. The Gait and Brain Cohort Study
Motor slowing and cognitive slowing are more prevalent as we age. Importantly, the presence of both in an older person increases their risk of having dementia by ten times.
- Conditions
- Gait Apraxia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Subjective Cognitive Impairment, Cerebral Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT03020381
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manuel Montero Odasso
Communication Disorder, Healthy
Central Mechanisms in Speech Motor Control Studied With H215O PET
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a technique used to investigate the functional activity of the brain. The PET technique allows doctors to study the normal biochemical and metabolic processes of the central nervous system of…
- Conditions
- Communication Disorder, Healthy, Stuttering, Tourette Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00001308
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,163 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia
Auditory Masking Effects on Speech Fluency in Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech
Impaired speech production is a major obstacle to full participation in life roles by stroke survivors with aphasia and apraxia of speech.
- Conditions
- Apraxia of Speech, Aphasia, Cerebrovascular Accident
- Trial name
- NCT02094014
- Testing
- Normal Auditory Feedback, Masked Auditory Feedback, Altered Auditory Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Alzheimer Disease
Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Phenotypes: Neuropsychology and Neural Networks
This study attempts to identify two types of AD by using clinical and cognitive tasks and brain imaging. The subtypes of AD are separated into a "typical" group (memory loss) and a "variant" group (language, visuospatial, and…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset, Alzheimer Disease, Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Dementia, Alzheimer Type
- Trial name
- EOAD-Subtype (NCT03153371)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Performance Anxiety, Emotional Stress
Intervention on Caregivers Caring for Patients Poststroke With Upper Limb Apraxia
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of a intervention on a specific health prevention/intervention program aimed at caregivers of mild and moderate patients post stroke with upper limb apraxia in comparison to a…
- Trial name
- CPA (NCT02307019)
- Testing
- Program on specific prevention of health, Program on general prevention of health
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Dyspraxia
Exploring the Impact and Feasibility of a Pathway to Sport and Long-term Participation in Young People
The importance of play and physical activity include its many benefits on positively improving health and well-being, enhancing children's and young people's thinking and performance in school, improving their sleep and enabling…
- Trial name
- EPIC (NCT02517333)
- Testing
- EPIC Club
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Effects of tDCS on Apraxia of Speech in Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. There are three different variants of PPA, each a relatively distinct speech and language profile.
- Trial name
- NCT04486586
- Testing
- Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
Effects of a Multimodal Exercise Program for Children With ASD
Exploring the effects of an exercise program for children ages 6 -26 years old who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and neurotypical children respond to high-intensity whole body exercise interventions (Group 1)…
- Trial name
- NCT05509231
- Testing
- High-intensity exercise, Wearable glove and arm sleeve device to measure movement
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York Institute of Technology
Rolandic Epilepsy, Apraxia
Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy
Rolandic Epilepsy is the most common form of childhood epilepsy. It is classified as idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with benign evolution.
- Trial name
- NCT01046760
- Testing
- Language Assessment
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech
Investigating the Effects of Rhythm and Entrainment on Fluency in People With Aphasia
Speaking in unison with another person is included as a part of many treatment approaches for aphasia. It is not well understood why and how this technique works.
- Trial name
- NCT05248295
- Testing
- Unison speech (vs. solo), Metrical timing (vs. conversational)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
Parkinson's Disease
Evaluation of Intensive Language Therapy
Due to Parkinson's Disease (PD) speech and language (SL) deficits may occur. Further, the literature reports that PD patients, who have not undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS), have deficits regarding voice quality (e.g.
- Trial name
- EILT (NCT02935842)
- Testing
- Specific SL-therapy, Rhythmic Balance-Movement Training (rBMT)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
ASSIST: Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a pediatric motor speech disorder that impairs the planning of movements needed for intelligible speech. Children with CAS often show little or slow progress in standard speech therapy.
- Trial name
- ASSIST (NCT03903120)
- Testing
- ASSIST
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Cerebral Palsy, Dyspraxia
Immersive Virtual Environments and Wearable Haptic Devices in Rehabilitation of Children With Neuromotor Impairments
The investigators proposed a controlled, single-blind, unicentric, crossover, randomized, clinical trial to test the effects of immersive virtual environments and wearable haptic devices in the rehabilitation of children with…
- Trial name
- SERIOUSGAME (NCT03353623)
- Testing
- Serious Game, Conventional Therapy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease
Study of Adherence and Effects of Balance Exercices (SIEL BLEU Associatio)
The purpose of this study is to measure the adherence to "Siel bleu" balance exercises in patients with Alzheimer's disease, while taking into account the disease stages.
- Conditions
- Gait Apraxia, Alzheimer Disease, Impaired Cognition
- Trial name
- SIELBLEU (NCT01314638)
- Testing
- Workshop balances
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers