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NCT Number: NCT02236676

Sleep Study Among Inpatients With TBI in an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital

The purpose of this research study is to better understand how a daytime nap after training on a motor skill after brain injury improves performance compared with the same amount of time after training spent awake and resting.

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Key information

Conditions

Motor Learning in TBI

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Kessler Foundation

West Orange, New Jersey, 07052, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Must have a Traumatic Brain Injury.
  • Must have been a Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation inpatient for at least three days.

Exclusion criteria

  • Bilateral arm fractures, cellulitis or other conditions that prevent safe wearing of the WatchPAT-200/actigragh.
  • Movement disorder or spasticity affecting both upper extremities
  • Patients who are ventilator-dependent.
  • Patients who are on contact precautions for C.diff or other highly contagious diseases.
  • Patients with neurological disorders other than TBI.

Treatment and study plan

Nap after rehearsal trials

Behavioral

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Improvement on Motor Functioning Test

    Time frame: Three Nights and Three Days

    Change scores from day 1 to day 3 will be compared in both Nap and No Nap conditions

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Other

Collaborators

  • New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Registry information

Official study title

Sleep, Procedural Learning & Therapeutic Engagement Among Inpatients With

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Sep 10, 2014
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2021

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