Melodic Intonation Therapy for Post-stroke Non-fluent Aphasia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Conclusion: This systematic review and meta-analysis shows a significant effect of MIT on improving functional communication and on repetition tasks. Future larger RCT specifically addressing those outcomes should provide the definite evidence on the efficacy of MIT on post-stroke aphasia recovery.Systematic Review Registration:PROSPERO-URL https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020144604.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.700115

Source: Frontiers in Neurology - August 4, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research