Should individuals with chronic aphasia be treated with dedicated PC-based training? Considerations about a case study.
OBJECTIVE: Aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an emerging rehabilitative tool ('Power-AFA' - software) in the recovery of a patient with chronic non-fluent aphasia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A 56-year-old woman, affected by post-stroke severe expressive aphasia, underwent two different int...
| Publicado en: | NeuroRehabilitation Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 711 - 718 |
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| Formato: | case study pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2014
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