Effect of Intensive Language Therapy in Subacute Stroke Patients

Samsung Medical Center150 enrolled

Overview

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.

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Stroke Rehabilitation Language

Interventions

language rehabilitation therapyPROCEDURE

language therapy is language rehabilitation by language therapist during subacute phase in stroke patients

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Acute first-ever stroke * Left hemispheric stroke * 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 * Right handedness Exclusion Criteria: * Transient ischemic stroke

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Korean version-Western Aphasia Battery (AQ)

Time frame: Change of Korean version- Western Aphasia Battery after language rehabilitation for 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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