Impairment- and activity/participation-directed interventions in progressive language impairment: Clinical and theoretical issues

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-160

  Croot, Karen ^a   Nickels, Lyndsey ^b   Laurence, Felicity ^c   Manning, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d St Margaret's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal dementia; Primary progressive aphasia; Semantic dementia; Therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; PLACEBO;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; FAMILY ATTITUDE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING STYLE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PROGRESSIVE LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SPEECH THERAPY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60149110636     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030801943179     Document Type: Review

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