Animal-assisted therapy for persons with aphasia: A pilot study

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Macauley, Beth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal assisted therapy; Aphasia; Brain injury; Communication; Increased motivation; Rehabilitation; Speech language pathology; Speech language therapy; Stroke; Therapy animals; Therapy efficacy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY; APHASIA; BRAIN INJURY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY; THERAPY EFFICACY;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PET THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; APHASIA; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 33747843657     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.01.0027     Document Type: Article

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