A screening tool to detect stroke aphasia: Adaptation of frenchay aphasia screening test (FAST) to the Indian context

Conclusions: The Indian version of FAST was found to be a reliable and valid bedside screening tool for aphasia in stroke patients. We aim that this study will facilitate the use of the test across other Indian languages and a large clinical population in the future.

Source: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology - September 24, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Avanthi Paplikar Gowri K Iyer Feba Varghese Suvarna Alladi Apoorva Pauranik Shailaja Mekala Subhash Kaul Meenakshi Sharma RS Dhaliwal Aralikatte Onkarappa Saroja Santosh Dharamkar Aparna Dutt Gollahalli Divyaraj Amitabha Ghosh Rajmohan Kandukuri Robert Ma Source Type: research