Sleep Study Among Inpatients With TBI in an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital

Kessler Foundation5 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Motor Learning in TBI

Interventions

Nap after rehearsal trialsBEHAVIORAL

Behavioral

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Kessler Foundation

West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Improvement on Motor Functioning Test

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

Time frame: Three Nights and Three Days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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