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Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy shows feasibility and potential cortical network remodeling in chronic post-stroke aphasia.
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Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is a powerful and well evaluated therapeutic tool for the treatment of post-stroke paresis. CIMT is based on an intensive training (massed practice) principle and a gradual rebuilding of movement functions (shaping principle). In this article we will review how CIMT principles can be adapted to treat post-stroke aphasia, thereby establishing a Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT). First results of this new approach suggest success and feasibility for the treatment of chronic aphasia. The observation of reorganizational changes in brain activity following intensive language training add to previous evidence that CIMT-based therapy may lead to macroscopic remodelling of cortical network architecture.
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Meinzer et al. (2007) conducted a review in Post-stroke chronic aphasia. Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT) was evaluated. Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT) shows initial feasibility for chronic post-stroke aphasia and may induce cortical network remodeling (no quantitative results reported in this review).
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