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Effects of mirror therapy on motor aphasia after acute cerebral infarction: A randomized controlled trial
CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that the MT can expedite the recovery of language function during the early phases of stroke recovery. These findings may elucidate the underlying mechanism of MT and the application of this therapy as an adjunct rehabilitation technique in language recovery.PMID:34180428 | DOI:10.3233/NRE-210125
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - June 28, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Qingmei Chen Wenjun Shen Haiwei Sun Dan Shen Xiuying Cai Jun Ke Lichi Zhang Qi Fang Source Type: research

Investigation of the implementation of a Communication Enhanced Environment model on an acute/slow stream rehabilitation and a rehabilitation ward: A before-and-after pilot study
CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of a Communication Enhanced Environment model was feasible in this specific setting and may potentially influence patients' engagement in language activities. The unforeseen contextual challenges that occurred during the study period demonstrate the challenging nature of the hospital environment and will be useful in future research planning.PMID:34749509 | DOI:10.1177/02692155211032655
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - November 9, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sarah D'Souza Erin Godecke Natalie Ciccone Deborah Hersh Elizabeth Armstrong Claire Tucak Heidi Janssen Source Type: research

Return to Work for People With Aphasia
Right now, about 2.5 million people in the United States are living with aphasia after stroke.1 Aphasia can make it difficult to talk, listen, read, and/or write. Stroke is the most common cause of aphasia, but it can also happen after a traumatic brain injury (eg, blow to the head), a brain tumor, brain infection, or a neurodegenerative disease (eg, Alzheimer's dementia).2 Many people with aphasia are of working age, and this number is going up as more young people in the United States are sustaining stroke.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - April 5, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Natalie Gilmore Tags: INFORMATION/EDUCATION PAGE Source Type: research

The lived experience of engaging in everyday occupations in persons with mild to moderate aphasia.
Conclusion: Aphasia can have a long-term impact on engagement in everyday occupations and participation in society, but conversely, engagement in meaningful occupations can also contribute to adaptation to disability and life changes. Implications for Rehabilitation Aphasia can have a long-term impact on engagement in everyday occupations and participation in society. Health care professionals need to determine what clients with aphasia think about their occupations and life situations in spite of difficulties they may have verbalizing their thoughts. Experiences of engaging in meaningful occupations can help clie...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 25, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Niemi T, Johansson U Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Guide to Living With Aphasia
After stroke and other injuries, people often have difficulty with communication. Aphasia—defined as difficulty with communication—affects about 1 million people in the United States. It may occur as a partial or total loss of the ability to talk, to understand what people say, and/or to read or write. For example, you may not be able to retrieve from your memory the names of particular objects or may not be able to put words together into sentences. More often, many aspects of communication are affected at the same time. People with aphasia still have the same level of intelligence that they did before the stroke; aph...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - July 31, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Organization News Source Type: research

Impairment and Functional Interventions for Aphasia: Having it All
Abstract Aphasia, a cognitive-linguistic disorder secondary to stroke, is a frequent and often chronic consequence of stroke with detrimental effects on autonomy and health-related quality of life. Treatment of aphasia can be approached in a number of ways. Impairment-based approaches that focus on training a specific linguistic form can be implemented. Additionally, functionally oriented intervention such as supported conversation and aphasia groups are also frequently utilized when providing a treatment program for an individual with aphasia. Creating a treatment approach that includes both impairment and funct...
Source: Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports - June 1, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Enhance Treatment Effects in Aphasia
Since 2008 several small studies have shown an additional effect of tDCS, a non-invasive method to stimulate the brain by modifying cortical excitability, on language functioning when applied during aphasia therapy in chronic stroke patients. In our poster, we present this new technique and we describe the design of our ongoing effect study in sub-acute stroke patients. Furthermore, we investigate tDCS-induced neural reorganization of language.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - October 1, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Kerstin Spielmann, Mieke W.M.E. van de Sandt-Koenderman, Gerard M. Ribbers Source Type: research

Feasibility of using high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) to enhance treatment outcomes in persons with aphasia
CONCLUSIONS: Regarding feasibility, HD-tDCS treatment studies can be implemented when designed similarly to documented CS-tDCS studies. HD-tDCS is likely to be acceptable to patients and clinicians. Preliminary efficacy data suggest that HD-tDCS effects, using only 4 electrodes, are at least comparable to CS-tDCS. Content Type Journal ArticlePages -DOI 10.3233/NRE-141199Authors Jessica Richardson, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USAAbhishek Datta, Soterix Medical, Inc., New York, NY, USAJacek Dmochowski, The City College of New York of CUNY, New York, NY,...
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - December 29, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: NeuroRehabilitation Source Type: research

Feasibility of using high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) to enhance treatment outcomes in persons with aphasia.
CONCLUSIONS: Regarding feasibility, HD-tDCS treatment studies can be implemented when designed similarly to documented CS-tDCS studies. HD-tDCS is likely to be acceptable to patients and clinicians. Preliminary efficacy data suggest that HD-tDCS effects, using only 4 electrodes, are at least comparable to CS-tDCS. PMID: 25547776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - January 25, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: NeuroRehabilitation Source Type: research

ImPACT: a multifaceted implementation for conversation partner training in aphasia in Dutch rehabilitation settings.
CONCLUSIONS: The motivation of professionals to involve partners in the rehabilitation process assisted with the introduction of PACT in practice. The main barrier was time, linked to the requirement to think through integration of this innovation within existing care. Longer term evaluation would ascertain how centres sustain uptake without support. Implications for Rehabilitation The integration of a new treatment method that reaches beyond the boundaries of one group of professionals needs to be facilitated by providing time to all team members involved to discuss and think through the consequences of that approach for ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 4, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Wielaert S, van de Sandt-Koenderman MW, Dammers N, Sage K Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

The impact of aphasia on Internet and technology use.
CONCLUSIONS: It is clear that aphasia often negatively affects Internet use and proficiency. However, this research clearly demonstrates that it is important to consider the influence of factors such as age, proxy use, education, and previous technology use and experience. Implications for rehabilitation Post-stroke aphasia contributes negatively to Internet use, particularly in the use of online communication tools such as email and messaging services. Sub-groups of people with aphasia are likely to be more vulnerable to exclusion from the benefits of the Internet; specifically, older people and those with lower levels of...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - April 12, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Menger F, Morris J, Salis C Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Charlie Chaplin and gesture training in severe aphasia: a randomized double-blind single-case experimental design
Conclusions. Mute films that use intensive non-verbal communication may be a useful add-on to speech therapy for individuals with aphasia. Improving naming in severe and chronic aphasia may not be feasible, and more effort could be devoted to improving gesture-based and non-verbal communication.
Source: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - February 5, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research

Measuring executive function in people with severe aphasia: Comparing neuropsychological tests and informant ratings.
CONCLUSIONS: Informant ratings of executive function does not measure the same construct as, and cannot be used as a substitute for, standardised neuropsychological tests. Informant ratings of executive function do not provide information that is relevant to the understanding of functional communication in people with severe aphasia. PMID: 32250334 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - April 8, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: NeuroRehabilitation Source Type: research

Development and diagnostic validation of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test.
Conclusion: The Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test is a sensitive assessment of aphasia. Diagnostically, the High Level Test recorded the highest psychometric capabilities of the Short Tests, equivalent to the full Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test. The test is available for download from brisbanetest.org.Implications for rehabilitationAphasia is a debilitating condition and accurate identification of language disorders is important in healthcare.Language assessment is complex and the accuracy of assessment procedures is dependent upon a variety of factors.The Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test is a new evidence-...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 21, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rohde A, Doi SA, Worrall L, Godecke E, Farrell A, O'Halloran R, McCracken M, Lawson N, Cremer R, Wong A Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research