Intervening Quickly: A Pilot RCT to Improve Cognitive Processing Speed in Acute SCI
Kessler Foundation
Summary
This study seeks conduct a pilot study to test whether a cognitive training program can improve processing speed abilities in individuals with acute traumatic spinal cord injury.
Description
Spinal cord injury (SCI) newly affects approximately 18,000 persons in the US per year. Decades of research have focused on the physical limitations associated with SCI, as well as therapies for addressing these physical problems. However, it is becoming better acknowledged that many individuals experience significant problems with their cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, and the time it takes them to process information. Research has shown that people who have cognitive difficulties, compared to those with a purely physical disability, are less likely to be employed, engage in fe…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–59 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-59 years old * recent traumatic SCI (approximately 6 months post-injury) Exclusion Criteria: * no other significant neurological, psychiatric or substance use history * no significantly impairing visual disturbance
Interventions
- Behavioralgame-like computerized activities
Experimental
- BehavioralPlacebo
game-like computerized activities
Locations (3)
- Craig HospitalEnglewood, Colorado
- Kessler FoundationEast Hanover, New Jersey
- University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington