Talking with your hands: A study on linguistic deficits and the production of different types of gestures in aphasia.

Talking with your hands: A study on linguistic deficits and the production of different types of gestures in aphasia. - Talking with your hands.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON37846

Enrollment

Registered

2012-05-16

Start date

2012-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

Niet-Aangeboren-Hersenletsel, afasie Aphasia language difficulties as a result of brain damage

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: pp 14 Researchprotocol: * Right handed (before stroke ) * (near) native speaker of Dutch * Age between 18 and 85 years. * Acquired aphasia of cerebrovascular aetiology * Aphasia duration 3 months -6 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Researchprotocol: pp14 - Severe visual or hearing disorders * Severe non-linguistic cognitive disorders * Dementia * Psychiatric disorders relevant to communication * Multiple strokes * Receives gesture therapy at the time of testing, or received this less than a month before testing.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The different populations, aphasic patients with and without a semantic disorder and non-aphasic controls, are compared for the type of gestures they use and the comprehensibility of these gestures.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results