Sleep as a predictor of tDCS and language therapy outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To determine whether sleep at baseline (before therapy) predicted improvements in language following either language therapy alone or coupled with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA).

Methods

Twenty-three participants with PPA (mean age 68.13 ± 6.21) received written naming/spelling therapy coupled with either anodal tDCS over the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) or sham condition in a crossover, sham-controlled, double-blind design (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02606422). The outcome measure was percent of letters spelled correctly for trained and untrained words retrieved in a naming/spelling task. Given its particular importance as a sleep parameter in older adults, we calculated sleep

SUBMITTER: Herrmann O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8919198 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature