Effect of Intensive Language Therapy in Subacute Stroke Patients
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Early stroke rehabilitation is known to be an effective and essential therapy in gaining functional independence and preventing complications. However, there was no consensus of proper amount of language rehabilitation in stroke patients. In this study, the investigators investigated the effects of the intensive language rehabilitation during subacute phase to improve language function in patients with first-ever strokes.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
Intensive language rehabilitation group - language rehabilitation therapy by language therapist for 1 hours on every working day for 4 weeks
Conventional language rehabilitation group
- language rehabilitation therapy by language therapist for 30 minutes on every working day for 4 weeks
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Intensive group language rehabilitation therapy by language therapist for 1 hours on every working day for 4 weeks |
Procedure: language rehabilitation therapy
language therapy is language rehabilitation by language therapist during subacute phase in stroke patients
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Active Comparator: Conventional group language rehabilitation therapy by language therapist for 30 minutes on every working day for 4 weeks |
Procedure: language rehabilitation therapy
language therapy is language rehabilitation by language therapist during subacute phase in stroke patients
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Korean version-Western Aphasia Battery (AQ) [Change of Korean version- Western Aphasia Battery after language rehabilitation for 4 weeks]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Acute first-ever stroke
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Left hemispheric stroke
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Korean version of Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test(K-FAST) < 25 (less than 65 years old), K-FAST <20 (65 years old and more than 65 years old) at 7 days after stroke onset
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Right handedness
Exclusion Criteria:
- Transient ischemic stroke
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Samsung Medical Center | Seoul | Korea, Republic of | 135-710 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Samsung Medical Center
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Yun-Hee Kim, MD,PhD, Samsung Medical Center
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- 2016-07-147