Effectiveness of enhanced communication therapy in the first four months after stroke for aphasia and dysarthria: A randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7868, 2012, Pages

  Bowen, Audrey ^a   Hesketh, Anne ^a   Patchick, Emma ^a   Young, Alys ^b   Davies, Linda ^b   Vail, Andy ^b   Long, Andrew F ^c   Watkins, Caroline ^d   Wilkinson, Mo ^a   Pearl, Gill ^e   Ralph, Matthew A Lambon ^b   Tyrrell, Pippa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Speakeasy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84864571603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4407     Document Type: Article

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