Recovery of aphasia after stroke: a 1-year follow-up study

Semantics, phonology, and syntax are essential elements of aphasia diagnosis and treatment. Until now, these linguistic components have not been specifically addressed in follow-up studies of aphasia recovery after stroke. The aim of this observational prospective follow-up study was to investigate...

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Published in:Journal of neurology 2013, Vol.260 (1), p.166-171
Main Authors: El Hachioui, Hanane, Lingsma, Hester F., van de Sandt-Koenderman, Mieke E., Dippel, Diederik W. J., Koudstaal, Peter J., Visch-Brink, Evy G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aphasia
Aphasia - etiology
Communication
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Linguistics
Longitudinal studies
Measures
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Original Communication
Patients
Phonology
Recovery of Function - physiology
Retrospective Studies
Semantics
Stroke
Stroke - complications
Syntax
Time Factors
Verbal Behavior - physiology
Verbal communication
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Summary:Semantics, phonology, and syntax are essential elements of aphasia diagnosis and treatment. Until now, these linguistic components have not been specifically addressed in follow-up studies of aphasia recovery after stroke. The aim of this observational prospective follow-up study was to investigate semantic, phonological, and syntactic recovery in aphasic stroke patients. In addition, we investigated the recovery of verbal communication and of aphasia severity. We assessed 147 aphasic patients at 1, 2, and 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months, and 1 year after stroke with the ScreeLing, a screening test for detecting deficits on the three main linguistic components, the aphasia severity rating scale (ASRS), a measure of verbal communication, and the Token test, a measure of aphasia severity. We investigated the differences in scores between the six time points with mixed models. Semantics and syntax improved up to 6 weeks ( p  
ISSN:0340-5354
1432-1459
DOI:10.1007/s00415-012-6607-2