Walking but not barking improves verb recovery: Implications for action observation treatment in aphasia rehabilitation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Marangolo, Paola ^a,b   Cipollari, Susanna ^b   Fiori, Valentina ^b   Razzano, Carmela ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHASIA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; DANCING; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTURE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING; WORD RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; APHASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING;

EID: 84862234801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038610     Document Type: Article

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