Efficacy of Different Rehabilitation Therapies on Post-Stroke Aphasia Patients: A Network Meta-Analysis
Medicine
Han, C., Pan, J., et al. (2024).
Medicine, 103(21), e38255.
<div>This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the effects of rehabilitation interventions on outcomes for individuals with post-stroke aphasia. Only those interventions within the scope of speech-language pathology will be included in this summary.</div>
Shandong Geriatrics Society (China); Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Plan Project (China); Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Major Diseases (China)
From database inception to August 28, 2023
<div>Randomized-controlled trials</div>
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<div>Meta-analysis revealed:</div>
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<li>attention training led to significantly greater improvement in aphasia quotient scores and listening comprehension scores than routine training (i.e., routine speech training, nursing care, and sham stimulation);</li>
<li>motor imagery therapy led to significantly greater improvements in spontaneous speech and repetition than attention training or constraint-induced language therapy (CILT);</li>
<li>transcranial direct current stimulation better improved repetition ability than CILT; and</li>
<li>attention training led to significantly greater improvement in naming than routine training or Schuell stimulation therapy.</li>
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<div>Limitations to this review included reduced quality of the included studies, heterogeneity of the included studies, and the small number of studies included in some of the interventions.</div>
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