Table 2 Summing researches published (2016–February 2020) appraising the effectiveness of speech-language therapy on subacute and chronic vascular aphasia
From: The management of subacute and chronic vascular aphasia: an updated review
Author | Sample size (n) | Intervention type | Duration post onset | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dignam et al. 2016 | 30 | SFA/PCA + computer therapy | > 4 months | New word training correlated with therapeutic outcomes |
Duncan et al. 2017 | 19 | IAT | > 5 months | Intensive IAT correlates with therapeutic benefit (narrative production) |
Kjellén et al. 2017 | 12 | Literacy intervention | 1.5–25 years | Literacy intervention facilitates verbalization literacy encounters and beliefs |
Lucchese et al. 2018 | 14 | ILAT/CIAT | > 1 year | High-intensity language therapy promotes language recovery in chronic PSA |
Preisig et al. 2018 | 20 | MCA | ≥ 6 months | PSA survivors recognized to offer added meaning-ladened gesticulations to counterbalance verbal production shortfalls post therapy. |
Kaviani et al. 2018 | 2 | MCP | 3/8 years | The MCP enhance the communication abilities in patients with chronic PSA |
Stahl et al. 2018 | 30 | ILAT | ≥ 1 year | Increasing treatment intensity has no added outcome value. |