1. Experimental condition: CLT 0-6 m.p.o Control condition: no-CLT 0-6 m.p.o 2. Experimental condition: CLT 0-3 m.p.o. followed by no-CLT 3-6 m.p.o. Control condition: no-CLT 0-3 m.p.o. followed by CLT 3-6 m.p.o.
Conditions
Interventions
Assessment:
- Amsterdam-Nijmegen Everyday Language Test (ANELT), scale A
- ScreeLing
- Semantic Association Test (SAT), verbal version
- Semantic Association words with low imageability (PALPA)
- sema
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aphasia due to stroke; 2. Within 3 weeks post onset; 3. Age 18-85 years; 4. Language near native Dutch; 5. Life expectancy > 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe dysarthria; 2. Premorbid dementia; 3. Illiteracy; 4. Severe developmental dyslexia; 5. Severe visual perceptual disorders; 6.Existing aphasia; 7. Subarachnoidal haemorrhage; 8. Recent psychiatric disorder.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The score at 6 months post onset on the Amsterdam Nijmegen Everyday Language Test (ANELT), scale A (Understandability). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Proportion of patients in each treatment group who improve at least 7 points on the ANELT - A categorization of the ANELT into severe (score, 10-29) and moderate to mild (score, 30-48) communication deficits - ScreeLing; Semantic Association Test (SAT), verbal version; Semantic Association words with low imageability, Nonwords Repetition and Auditory Lexical Decision (PALPA); semantic word fluency; letter fluency. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactM. Hagelstein
Erasmus Medical Center, Molewaterplein 40, P.O. Box 2060
Outcome results
None listed