A Systematic Review of Gesture Treatments for Post-Stroke Aphasia
Aphasiology
Rose, M. L., Raymer, A. M., et al. (2013).
Aphasiology, 27(9), 1090-1127.
This systematic review investigates the effect of nonsymbolic and symbolic gesture treatments on a variety of outcomes (e.g., language production, gestural expression, verbal communication, nonverbal communication) in individuals with stroke-induced aphasia.
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1969-2012
Group study designs; single subject study designs
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There is reasonable evidence from high-quality single subject experimental designs indicating that a combined treatment approach using symbolic gesture and verbal training improves spoken language production of nouns and verbs for individuals with stroke-induced aphasia. Further research is warranted to determine the benefits of symbolic gesture training in isolation for individuals with aphasia, and whether a combined treatment approach of gesture plus verbal training is more effective than verbal training alone.
