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NCT Number: NCT02790151

Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination With a Recollection Training

Memory deficits after brain damage are common and there is still a need for evaluated therapy methods. In this study we compare two therapeutic interventions and investigate whether therapy effects can be found on neuropsychological tests and on a test measuring memory in everyday life.

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Key information

Conditions

Memory Deficits Memory Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Rehabilitationszentrum GmbH

Oldenburg, Deutschland, 26131, Germany

About this study

In the interventiongroup a computerbased working memory training is combined with a recollection training (repitition-lag procedure). The patients in the active control group undergo the standard memory therapy that is normally provided in the rehabilitation centre (with a focus on the acquisition and execution of different memory strategies, e.g. the spaced retrieval method). The patients in both groups are tested on different neuropsychological tests before and after nine hours of therapy. Additionally, a test is conducted that assesses memory in everyday life.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • brain injury
  • memory deficits (performance below average in the California Verbal Learning Test in learning trial 1 or 5, sfr or lfr)

Exclusion criteria

  • severe amnesia (less than 2 words in sfr of the CVLT), dementia, sensory or motor aphasia, impaired vision, insufficient German language skills, lack of patient's consent

Treatment and study plan

Standard Therapy

Behavioral

Learning and practicing Memory strategies

Experimental intervention

Behavioral

Computerbased Working Memory Training in Combination with a Recollection Training

Primary outcomes

  1. Test to assess change in memory performance in everyday life

    Time frame: baseline and 9 hours

    The test includes different single tasks that measure memory in everyday life e.g. Story recall (Subtest 6 from the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test) Outcome measure: Total number of points

Secondary outcomes

  1. Outcome change in different neuropsychological tests

    Time frame: baseline and 9 hours

    Tests for verbal memory, working memory, prospective memory, attention and word fluency (Composite scores built from raw scores)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Oldenburg

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Memory Rehabilitation by Means of Working Memory Training in Combination

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jun 3, 2016
Registry last updated
Oct 18, 2016

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