Aphasia. Aphasia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Participants in this group will first undergo a course of real transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), consisting of 5 consecutive sessions (one session per
Sponsors
Hamedan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants must be monolingual Persian speakers, or if bilingual, Persian must be their dominant language At least six months must have passed since their stroke Right-handed based on the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory Left-hemisphere brain lesion confirmed by CT or MRI report No history of neurological diseases, epilepsy, dementia, or psychiatric disorders based on medical record review No severe dysarthria based on the evaluation by a speech and language pathologist Based on oral and verbal apraxia test results, participants must not have moderate to severe oral or speech apraxia No history of more than one stroke
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants who, for any reason, choose to withdraw from further participation in the study Severe fatigue or illness preventing the individual from continuing the assessment or therapeutic procedure
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Aphasia severity score based on the P-WAB test. Timepoint: Prior to the intervention, 5 days post real/sham stimulation, 7 days post washout period, and 5 days post real/sham stimulation. Method of measurement: The severity of aphasia is determined based on the Aphasia Quotient (ranging from 0 to 100), which is categorized into very severe, severe, moderate, and mild levels.;Executive function indices. Timepoint: Prior to the intervention, 5 days post real/sham stimulation, 7 days post washout period, and 5 days post real/sham stimulation. Method of measurement: Determination of the score derived from the administration of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.;Memory indices. Timepoint: Prior to the intervention, 5 days post real/sham stimulation, 7 days post washout period, and 5 days post real/sham stimulation. Method of measurement: Determination of the score obtained from the administration of the Wechsler Memory Test-Third Edition. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactBahareh Rezaei
Hamedan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed