Evaluating the benefits of aphasia intervention delivered in virtual reality: Results of a quasi-randomised study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Marshall, Jane ^a   Booth, Tracey ^a   Devane, Niamh ^a   Galliers, Julia ^a   Greenwood, Helen ^a   Hilari, Katerina ^a   Talbot, Richard ^a   Wilson, Stephanie ^a   Woolf, Celia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SKILL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPEECH THERAPY; VIRTUAL REALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEREHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

APHASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPEECH THERAPY; TELEREHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84983541361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160381     Document Type: Article

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