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Physical activity in chronic home-living and sub-acute hospitalized stroke patients using objective and self-reported measures.
CONCLUSIONS: In HOM significantly more steps were performed and higher EE values were measured. However, participation in moderate activities and time spent on therapy were less in HOM. Evaluating PA with quantitative measures is feasible in both chronic home-living and sub-acute hospitalized patients with stroke. PMID: 26751778 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - January 9, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Vanroy C, Vissers D, Vanlandewijck Y, Feys H, Truijen S, Michielsen M, Cras P Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Effects of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Intensive Speech Therapy on Cerebral Blood Flow in Post-Stroke Aphasia
Abstract We provided an intervention to chronic post-stroke aphasic patients using low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) guided by a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) evaluation of language laterality, combined with intensive speech therapy (ST). We performed a single photon emission-computed tomography (SPECT) scan pre- and post-intervention and investigated the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and language function. Fifty right-handed chronic post-stroke aphasic patients were enrolled in the study. During their 11-day hospital admission, the patients receiv...
Source: Translational Stroke Research - August 7, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Treatment of verb anomia in aphasia: efficacy of self-administered therapy using a smart tablet.
Abstract Aphasia is a chronic condition that usually requires long-term rehabilitation. However, even if many effective treatments can be offered to patients and families, speech therapy services for individuals with aphasia often remain limited because of logistical and financial considerations, especially more than 6 months after stroke. Therefore, the need to develop tools to maximize rehabilitation potential is unquestionable. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of a self-administered treatment delivered with a smart tablet to improve written verb naming skills in CP, a 63-year-old woman with chroni...
Source: Neurocase - May 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Lavoie M, Routhier S, Légaré A, Macoir J Tags: Neurocase Source Type: research

Efficacy of Synchronous Verbal Training During Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Aphasia Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— We established a real-time model that involved implementing verbal tasks together with the rTMS protocol. Our results confirmed that the strategy yielded favorable outcomes that were of considerable longevity. The results also indicated that the rTMS protocol and language training can be combined to achieve outcomes superior to those obtained when used separately. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02120508.
Source: Stroke - November 24, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Wang, C.-P., Hsieh, C.-Y., Tsai, P.-Y., Wang, C.-T., Lin, F.-G., Chan, R.-C. Tags: Exercise/exercise testing/rehabilitation, Other Stroke Treatment - Medical Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Intensive therapy induces contralateral white matter changes in chronic stroke patients with Broca's aphasia.
Abstract Using a pre-post design, eleven chronic stroke patients with large left hemisphere lesions and nonfluent aphasia underwent diffusion tensor imaging and language testing before and after receiving 15weeks of an intensive intonation-based speech therapy. This treated patient group was compared to an untreated patient group (n=9) scanned twice over a similar time period. Our results showed that the treated group, but not the untreated group, had reductions in fractional anisotropy in the white matter underlying the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG, pars opercularis and pars triangularis), the right posterio...
Source: Brain and Language - July 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Wan CY, Zheng X, Marchina S, Norton A, Schlaug G Tags: Brain Lang Source Type: research

Barriers to Discharge: A Quality Improvement Project (P1.029)
CONCLUSIONS: Cost of hospitalization for stroke/TIA workup is 58.8% more than workup and discharge from ED. Prolonged work up takes up more acute care beds on Neurology service.Disclosure: Dr. Tran has nothing to disclose. Dr. Vu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Kahlon has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Tran, A.-T., Vu, T.-A., Kahlon, S. Tags: General Neurology I Source Type: research

The Feeling That 'I Can Say It in My Head' Predicts Word-by-Word Success in Subsequent Aphasia Treatment. (P2.118)
CONCLUSIONS: In one individual, self-reported internal naming predicted success and rate of learning on a word-by-word basis during speech therapy for anomia. This suggests that claims of inner speech may be more reliable than previously appreciated, and may also be clinically relevant. These self-reports could improve accuracy of prognosis, or potentially be used to guide treatment on a word-by-word basis.Disclosure: Dr. Hayward has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sullivan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Snider has nothing to disclose. Dr. Lacey has nothing to disclose. Dr. Friedman has nothing to disclose. Dr. Turkeltaub has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hayward, W., Sullivan, K., Snider, S., Lacey, E., Friedman, R., Turkeltaub, P. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Behavioral, Cognitive, and Miscellaneous Source Type: research

Can enhancing left lateralization using transcranial direct current stimulation improve recovery from post-stroke aphasia?
One third of stroke victims suffer from aphasia, an acquired language disorder for which there are few effective medical treatments. Aphasia often does not resolve completely, resulting in substantial long-term disability. After a stroke that causes aphasia, the reorganization of language networks in the brain involves compensatory recruitment of brain tissue in the left hemisphere as well as potentially maladaptive recruitment of symmetric areas in the right hemisphere. One avenue for intervention might be to externally “left lateralize” the brain, enhancing activity of the left frontal lobe while inhibiting the right...
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - March 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Mackenzie Fama, Elizabeth Lacey, Alexa Desko, Lauren Taylor, Laura Hussey, Peter Turkeltaub Tags: Abstracts Presented at NYC Neuromodulation 2013 Source Type: research

Plastic Changes Following Imitation-Based Speech and Language Therapy for Aphasia: A High-Density Sleep EEG Study
Conclusions. Our results suggest that SWA changes occurring in brain areas activated during imitation-based aphasia therapy may reflect the acute plastic changes induced by this intervention. Further testing will be needed to evaluate SWA as a non-invasive assessment of changes induced by the therapy and as a predictor of positive long-term clinical outcome.
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - January 10, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Sarasso, S., Maatta, S., Ferrarelli, F., Poryazova, R., Tononi, G., Small, S. L. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

"Fou Rire Prodromique" as the Presentation of a Left Frontal Ischemic Stroke (P02.040)
CONCLUSIONS: Frontal lobe involvement affecting the Broca's area, as we described in our case, has only been described once. We conclude that the patient's laughter attack was the initial manifestation of the stroke suggesting that an acute infarct of Broca's area is capable of producing this unusual clinical presentation.Disclosure: Dr. Rosales has nothing to disclose. Dr. Garcia-Gracia has nothing to disclose. Dr. Salgado has received personal compensation in an editorial capacity from Belvoir Media Group as Consulting Editor of A Special Report published by the editors of Heart Advisor Cleveland Clinic STROKE: Advances ...
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Rosales, D., Garcia-Gracia, C., Salgado, E. Tags: P02 Cerebrovascular Disease II Source Type: research

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