ArticleNature reviews. Neurology2012
Stroke: has speech and language therapy been shown not to work?
Article in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Piracetam for Aphasia in Post-stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.CNS drugs · 2016Pooled it
- Aphasia Recovery: When, How and Who to Treat?Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2018Review
- Clarification of conclusions from the ACT NoW trial.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2013Article
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Abstract
In a recent trial investigating the effectiveness of speech and language therapy versus a control intervention in poststroke aphasia, patient outcome improved equally in both groups. However, flaws in the study relating to design of the control intervention, inadequate therapy 'dose', and the interpretation of null results should be highlighted.
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