Single Word Repetition Predicts Long-Term Outcome of Aphasia Caused by an Ischemic Stroke

Purpose: Better understanding of clinical predictors of aphasia outcome is of the utmost importance, in patients ’ rehabilitation planning, expectation management, and further physiopathology understanding.We aimed to identify clinical predictors of long-term poststroke aphasia's outcome. Methods: We conducted a prospective longitudinal observation study of patients with left-Middle Cerebral Artery stroke wi th aphasia. Patients were evaluated at baseline, day 7 and 6 months with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Aphasia Rapid Test Other demographic variables and vascular risk factors were collected.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 15, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Miguel T ábuas-Pereira, José Beato-Coelho, Joana Ribeiro, Ana Rita Nogueira, Luis Cruz, Fernando Silva, João Sargento-Freitas, Gustavo Cordeiro, Isabel Santana Source Type: research