Evaluating the Effects of Intensive Speech and Language Rehabilitation Regarding Neuroplasticity, Speech, Language, Communication Skills and Quality of Life for People With Acquired Aphasia and/or Apraxia of Speech in the Chronic Phase

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The present study aims to investigate the short- and long-term effects of two weeks of intensive speech-language pathology intervention with additional physiotherapy, on aphasia and apraxia of speech (AOS) and their neural correlates in thirty persons with chronic stroke. Changes are studied following intensive treatment of aphasia and AOS with standardised speech-language testing and testing of communication and with voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis and resting state functional connectivity (rsFC).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 75
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Aphasia 7 months post stroke diagnosed by SLP

• Apraxia of Speech 7 months post stroke diagnosed by SLP

Locations
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Sweden
Uppsala Universitet
RECRUITING
Uppsala
Contact Information
Primary
Marika J Schütz, Ph.D student
marika.schutz@uu.se
0046737570430
Time Frame
Start Date: 2017-02-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: Multimodal Intensive Rehabilitation of Aphasia/AOS (MIRAA)
A minimum of 3 hour speech-language training daily during 10 days.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Karolinska Institutet
Collaborators: University of Malaga

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