Motor recovery in post-stroke patients with aphasia: the role of specific linguistic abilities.
Top Stroke Rehabil
; 24(6): 428-434, 2017 09.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Aphasia is a serious consequence of stroke but aphasics patients have been routinely excluded from participation in some areas of stroke research.OBJECTIVE:
To assess the role of specific linguistic and non-verbal cognitive abilities on the short-term motor recovery of patients with aphasia due to first-ever stroke to the left hemisphere after an intensive rehabilitation treatment.METHODS:
48 post-acute aphasic patients, who underwent physiotherapy and speech language therapy, were enrolled for this retrospective cohort-study. Four types of possible predictive factors were taken into account clinical variables, functional status, language and non-verbal cognitive abilities. The motor FIM at discharge was used as the main dependent variable.RESULTS:
Patients were classified as follows 6 amnestic, 9 Broca's, 7 Wernicke's, and 26 global aphasics. Motor FIM at admission (p = 0.003) and at discharge (p = 0.042), all linguistic subtests of Aachener AphasieTest (p = 0.001), and non-verbal reasoning abilities (Raven's CPM, p = 0.006) resulted significantly different across different types of aphasia. Post-hoc analyses showed differences only between global aphasia and the other groups. A Multiple Linear Regression shows that admission motor FIM (p = 0.001) and Token test (p = 0.040), adjusted for clinical, language, and non-verbal reasoning variables, resulted as independent predictors of motor FIM scores at discharge, while Raven's CPM resulted close to statistical significance.CONCLUSIONS:
Motor function at admission resulted as the variable that most affects the motor recovery of post-stroke patients with aphasia after rehabilitation. A linguistic test requiring also non-linguistic abilities, including attention and working memory (i.e. Token test) is an independent predictor as well.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Afasia
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Recuperação de Função Fisiológica
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Linguística
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Top Stroke Rehabil
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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REABILITACAO
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália