Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Introduction: Studying verbal processes is an important aspect of a neuropsychological assessment and therapy of post-brain infarct patients.Research objective: The aim of this study was to establish the frequency and to determine the effects of verbal fluency disorders depending on the ischaemic fo...

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Main Authors: Joanna Białkowska, Dorota Mroczkowska, Michał Boraczyński
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Published: Univeristy of Physical Education in Krakow 2024-01-01
Series:Rehabilitacja Medyczna
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Online Access:http://rehmed.pl/gicid/01.3001.0054.2823
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author Joanna Białkowska
Dorota Mroczkowska
Michał Boraczyński
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description Introduction: Studying verbal processes is an important aspect of a neuropsychological assessment and therapy of post-brain infarct patients.Research objective: The aim of this study was to establish the frequency and to determine the effects of verbal fluency disorders depending on the ischaemic focus location.Materials and methods: Eighty of the 128 first-ever ischemic stroke survivors were recruited for the quasi-experimental study. They were later assigned to a group of patients with a suitable location of the infarct: PACI, TACI, LACI, POCI. Subsequently, we categorised infarcts, taking into account the topographic area of the brain, into cortical, subcortical, in regard to the side of the infarct and the number of ischaemic foci. The Verbal Fluency (VF) test was used to assess the speech function.Results: We achieved the greatest improvement in VF in the patients with LACI infarct and the greatest improvement in the VF in patients with cortical-subcortical strokes and with ischaemic changes located in the right hemisphere and in the cerebellum.Conclusions: The location of an infarct has a significant effect of neuropsychological rehabilitation.
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spelling doaj-art-40850a1327d747ac9c8ca3d974bff7062025-08-20T04:00:45ZengUniveristy of Physical Education in KrakowRehabilitacja Medyczna1427-96221896-32502024-01-01281233010.5604/01.3001.0054.282301.3001.0054.2823Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological RehabilitationJoanna Białkowska0Dorota Mroczkowska1Michał Boraczyński2Faculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland / Municipal Polyclinical Hospital in Olsztyn, PolandFaculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, PolandFaculty of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, PolandIntroduction: Studying verbal processes is an important aspect of a neuropsychological assessment and therapy of post-brain infarct patients.Research objective: The aim of this study was to establish the frequency and to determine the effects of verbal fluency disorders depending on the ischaemic focus location.Materials and methods: Eighty of the 128 first-ever ischemic stroke survivors were recruited for the quasi-experimental study. They were later assigned to a group of patients with a suitable location of the infarct: PACI, TACI, LACI, POCI. Subsequently, we categorised infarcts, taking into account the topographic area of the brain, into cortical, subcortical, in regard to the side of the infarct and the number of ischaemic foci. The Verbal Fluency (VF) test was used to assess the speech function.Results: We achieved the greatest improvement in VF in the patients with LACI infarct and the greatest improvement in the VF in patients with cortical-subcortical strokes and with ischaemic changes located in the right hemisphere and in the cerebellum.Conclusions: The location of an infarct has a significant effect of neuropsychological rehabilitation.http://rehmed.pl/gicid/01.3001.0054.2823ischaemic strokeverbal fluency disordersneuropsychological rehabilitation
spellingShingle Joanna Białkowska
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Michał Boraczyński
Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Rehabilitacja Medyczna
ischaemic stroke
verbal fluency disorders
neuropsychological rehabilitation
title Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
title_full Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
title_fullStr Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
title_full_unstemmed Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
title_short Verbal Fluency Disorders in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
title_sort verbal fluency disorders in ischemic stroke patients undergoing neuropsychological rehabilitation
topic ischaemic stroke
verbal fluency disorders
neuropsychological rehabilitation
url http://rehmed.pl/gicid/01.3001.0054.2823
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