Welcome to the Stroke Studies Page

CURRENT STUDIES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU

Balancing Effortful and Errorless Learning in Naming Treatment for Aphasia

Are you 18 or older diagnosed with chronic aphasia after a stroke? You may be able to participate in a research study testing a novel, computer-based anomia treatment designed to improve word-finding. Compensation is provided.

Precision Medicine

Stroke

AGE: 18 or older

DURATION: 10 months

VISITS: 24 treatment sessions

LOCATION: Pitt Language Rehabilitation and Cognition Lab or participant's home

COMPENSATION: Up to $1,800

NO IN-PERSON VISITS

Adaptive Trial Scheduling in Naming Treatment for Aphasia

Are you 18 or older diagnosed with chronic aphasia? You may be able to participate in a research study evaluating novel anomia treatment to improve long-term retention. Compensation is provided.

Other Brain and Nervous System

Stroke

AGE: 18 and older

DURATION: Up to 12 months

VISITS: Telehealth sessions

COMPENSATION: Up to $1,800

Aphasia Reading Research Study

Do you have aphasia and have difficulty reading? You may be eligible for a research study to compare the understanding, reading rate, and perceptions of people with and without aphasia when reading different types of paragraph-level texts. Typical involvement in this study includes three sessions: 1 assessment session and 2 experimental sessions.

Stroke

AGE: 19-90

DURATION: up to 8 hours

VISITS: 2-4

LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh, your home, or a mutually agreed upon public location

COMPENSATION: up to $30

Arm use in daily life after stroke

Have you had a stroke that affected your arm? Was your stroke 6 months ago or longer? If yes, you may be eligible for a research study to explore the different factors that affect arm use in your everyday life after stroke.

Healthy Aging

Stroke

AGE: 18-90

DURATION: up to 4.5 hours

VISITS: up to 2

LOCATION: Home or Bridgeside Point I building (South Oakland)

COMPENSATION: Yes

VOP Stimulation for Stroke

Have you had a stroke? You may be eligible for a study to that could help restore lost speech and motor function. This study will examine the effects of deep brain stimulation in people who have speech and movement problems as a result of a stroke. Compensation is provided.

Healthy Aging

Stroke

AGE: 18-75

DURATION: approximately 9 months

VISITS: up to 35

LOCATION: Oakland

COMPENSATION: up to $1750

Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface - History of Stroke

Have you had a stroke? You may be eligible for a research study using non-invasive electroencephalogram (EEG) brain-computer interface (BCI) to control a robotic arm and/or computer cursor in real time. This study consists of up to 5-10 sessions, lasting about 2 hours each. Compensation is provided.

Stroke

AGE: 18-86

DURATION: about 2 hours/session

VISITS: 5-10 sessions

LOCATION: Carnegie Mellon University – Oakland

COMPENSATION: $20/hour

REGISTRY

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Research Registry— Adults with Aphasia

Do you have aphasia caused by a stroke or other brain injury? If so, you may be able to join a research registry to help learn more about speech and language problems and to identify volunteers for future communication disorders research studies. There is no compensation for joining this registry, but individual research studies you may be contacted about in the future may offer compensation.

Other Brain and Nervous System

Other Injuries/Injury Prevention

Speech and Language Disorders

Stroke

AGE: 18 and up

VISITS: At least 1 visit

LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

COMPENSATION: NONE

Functional Brain Imaging in Stroke Survivors

Do you have aphasia due to stroke? You may be eligible to participate in a research study to determine if a brain imaging technique called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a valid and reliable way to measure brain activity in people who have aphasia due to a stroke. Compensation is provided.

Stroke

AGE: 18 and older

DURATION: 4-5 weeks

VISITS: up to 7

LOCATION: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and CMU-Pitt BRIDGE Center

COMPENSATION: up to $180

Brain Development Research Study – Ages 18-26

Are you a healthy 18-26 year old? You may be able to participate in a study to understand how our brain changes as we develop into adults. This study involves completing questionnaires, playing computer games, and undergoing brain and EEG scans. Compensation is provided.

Alzheimer's Disease

Balance Disorders

Brain and Neurological Disorders

Concussion

And 6 more areas

AGE: 18-26

DURATION: 36 months

VISITS: 3

LOCATION: Loeffler Building & UPMC Presbyterian Hospital - Oakland

COMPENSATION: Up to $275

Spinal Cord Stimulation for the treatment of motor deficits in people with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Are you affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy? You may be able to participate in a research study using spinal cord stimulation (SCS), an approved clinical therapy for pain syndromes that do not respond to drugs. Unexpectedly, SCS has shown the ability to promote the recovery of leg motor function in people with complete motor paralysis in consequence of spinal cord injury years after injury.

DURATION: 9 months

VISITS: 35 visits

LOCATION: UPMC Presbyterian

COMPENSATION: $1750

Improving Measurement and Treatment of Post-Stroke Neglect – Study 2

Have you had a stroke? Do you have trouble paying attention to both sides of your body because of the stroke and have weakness in your arm or hand? You may be able to participate in a study (3-4 visits with MRI scan) to examine how using non-invasive brain stimulation affects brain activity, arm movement, and the ability to pay attention to each side of your body. Compensation is provided.

Rehabilitation

Stroke

AGE: 18 and up

DURATION: 2 weeks

VISITS: 3-4 visits

LOCATION: UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Keystone Building – Oakland or Bridgeside Point 1 – 2nd Avenue

COMPENSATION: $20 per visit

Improving Measurement and Treatment of Post-Stroke Neglect

Have you had a stroke? Do you have trouble paying attention to both sides of your body because of the stroke? You may be able to participate in a research study to examine various methods used to assess attention to the affected side of the body or environment after stroke. The study involves 1-2 visits over one week. Compensation is provided.

Stroke

AGE: 18 and up

DURATION: One week

VISITS: 1-2

LOCATION: Keystone Building – Oakland or Bridgeside Point 1 – 2nd Avenue

COMPENSATION: $20 per visit

REGISTRY

Stroke Registry

Have you had a stroke? If so, you may be interested in joining a research registry containing information about stroke survivors who live in Western PA. Information may be used for future research studies.

Stroke

AGE: 18 and up

DURATION: ongoing

LOCATION: flexible

COMPENSATION: NONE

RELATED RESEARCH AREAS:

Brain and Neurological Disorders