stroke. Aphasia
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Patients will be divided into two intervention groups. The first group is people who will receive semantic treatment. Semantic treatment includes describing the semantic features assoc
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients first language should be Persian according to the personal information questionnaire Persians diagnosed with aphasia Based on aphasia test and the clinical version of aphasia test. Aphasia should be subsequent to stroke in the left hemisphere (dominant linguistic hemisphere) The patient is right hand, based on the Edinburgh scale. At least 6 months have passed from the stroke of the patients. The patients should have ability to participate in the brain imaging test.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Having psychiatric disorders such as depression Use of aids and implants that prevent imaging A history of diagnosis of cognitive problems such as Alzheimer's The patient had a moderate and moderate to severe apraxia moderate to severe dysartheria The patient has visual and auditory impairments that are not compensated by aid tools
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in the white matter of the brain following treatment. Timepoint: Evaluattion of structural changes of white matter one week before and one week after treatment. Method of measurement: spm software. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMasoud Mehrpour
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed