The therapeutic effect of neurologic music therapy and speech language therapy in post-stroke aphasic patients. 


Author: Lim KB, Kim YK, Lee HJ, Yoo J, Hwang JY, Kim JA, Kim SK.

Affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. 
Conference/Journal: Ann Rehabil Med.
Date published: 2013 Aug
Other:
 Volume ID: 37   ,  Issue ID: 4   ,  Pages: 556-62   ,  Special Notes: doi: 10.5535/arm.2013.37.4.556   ,  Word Count: 179  
    

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the therapeutic effect of neurologic music therapy (NMT) and speech language therapy (SLT) through improvement of the aphasia quotient (AQ) in post-stroke aphasic patients.

METHODS:

Twenty-one post-stroke, nonfluent aphasia patients who had ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke on radiologic evaluation were divided into the NMT and SLT groups. They received NMT and SLT for 1 month. Language function was assessed by Korean version-Western Aphasia Battery before and after therapy. NMT consisted of therapeutic singing and melodic intonation therapy, and SLT consisted of language-oriented therapy.

RESULTS:

Significant improvements were revealed in AQ, repetition, and naming after therapy in the NMT group and improvements in repetition in the SLT group of chronic stroke patients (p<0.05). There were significant improvements in language ability in the NMT group of subacute stroke patients. However, there was no significant improvement in the SLT group of subacute stroke patients.

CONCLUSION:

We concluded that the two therapies are effective treatments in the chronic stage of stroke and NMT is effective in subacute post-stroke aphasic patients.

KEYWORDS:

Aphasia, Music therapy, Speech therapy, Stroke



PMID: 24020037 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3764351