A comparison of aphasia therapy outcomes before and after a Very Early Rehabilitation programme following stroke.
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: A prescribed, impairment-based aphasia therapy regimen, provided daily in very early post-stroke recovery, resulted in significantly greater communication gains in people with mild-severe aphasia at completion of therapy and at 6 months, when compared with a historical control cohort. Further research is required to demonstrate large-scale and long-term efficacy.
PMID: 24588906 [PubMed - in process]
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Godecke E, Ciccone NA, Granger AS, Rai T, West D, Cream A, Cartwright J, Hankey GJ Tags: Int J Lang Commun Disord Source Type: research
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