: Aim of the work was to highlight speech and swallowing difficulties that are associated with osmotic demyelination syndrome also importance language therapy in patients syndrome. In this case report, a 68 years old female who developed as result hyponatremia correction has been described. The patient motor, after 10 day correction. For assessing skills, Bedside Screening Test for Persons Apha...

OBJECTIVE To compare standardized and functional aphasia tests in patients after acute stroke. DESIGN Data were collected at baseline and at 6 months in 2 prospective single-centre studies: one observational study (study I, n=119) and one randomized trial of moclobemide vs placebo (study II, n=89). SUBJECTS Patients with aphasia after acute stroke. METHODS Degree of aphasia was examined u...

OBJECTIVE Very few studies have investigated the predictive value of functional outcome, social outcome and discharge destination in patients with cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with aphasia. The aim of this study was to verify whether aphasia is predictor for outcome in patients with stroke with aphasia. METHODS The study was carried out in 262 patients with primary diagnosis of CVA and apha...

This test is freely offered for translation and scientific research and aims at the conceptual renewal and at the technical improvement in the topic, through a more operative and objective multi centric approach. The Brief Aphasia Evaluation (BAE) was designed to detect the basic resources of verbal communication in the aphasic patient, so as to begin, after that, with a more complete and bette...

BACKGROUND Patients with brain lesions and resultant chronic aphasia frequently suffer from depression. However, no effective interventions are available to target neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with aphasia who have severe language and communication deficits. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of 2 different methods of speech and language therapy in reducing...

BACKGROUND The majority of patient with post-stroke Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) have Vascular Cognitive Impairment No Dementia (VCIND). The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) has been criticized as a poor screening test for VCIND due to insensitivity to visuospatial and executive function impairments. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was designed to be more sensitive to such d...

Background: The paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT) was primarily developed to assess the effects of traumatic brain injury on cognitive functioning. Working memory (WM) is one of the most important aspects of cognitive function, and WM impairment is one of the clinically remarkable signs of aphasia. To develop the Persian version of PASAT, an initial version was used in individuals wit...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Modulation of activity in language networks using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may possibly support recovery from poststroke aphasia. Case series and feasibility studies seem to indicate a therapeutic effect; however, randomized sham-controlled, proof-of-principle studies relating clinical effects to activation patterns are missing. METHODS Twenty...