Post-stroke Broca's Aphasia
Conditions
Interventions
Basic Treatment Group:routine drug therapy, routine rehabilitation therapy, basic speech therapy
Tong Ren Therapy Treatment Group:Combined acupuncture therapy based on basic treatment
TBS Treatment Group:Combined treatment with TBS on the basis of basic therapy.
Combination Therapy Group:Based on the foundation treatment, a combined approach of Tong-Ren-Tiao-Du acupuncture and TBS therapy regimen is adopted.
Sponsors
Department of Rehabilitation Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Meet the aforementioned diagnostic criteria for stroke, with the lesion located in the left cerebral hemisphere. 2.Diagnosed with motor aphasia. 3.Aged between 30 and 80 years. 4.In the stroke recovery period (i.e., with a disease course of 1 to 6 months). 5.Native Mandarin speaker with an educational level of primary school or higher. 6.Absence of severe visual or auditory impairments. 7.Both the patient and their family voluntarily agree to participate in the study and have signed the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with severe dysfunction of major organs (e.g., heart, brain), malignant tumors, or psychiatric/neurological disorders (e.g., epilepsy). 2.Patients presenting with severe impairment of consciousness or cognitive deficits. 3.Patients with contraindications to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy (e.g., presence of metal implants within 30 cm of the treatment site, such as cochlear implants, implanted pulse generators, aneurysm clips, stents). 4.Patients with speech disorders resulting from other etiologies or pre-existing speech impairments prior to the stroke. 5.Patients with poor compliance or unwillingness to cooperate with the rehabilitation therapy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination;Western Aphasia Battery;Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS);Barthel Index;Quantitative EEG; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactChen Qin
Department of Rehabilitation Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine
Outcome results
None listed