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Observational studyMedicine2019

Predictive role of subcomponents of the left arcuate fasciculus in prognosis of aphasia after stroke: A retrospective observational study.

Qiwei Yu, Hong Wang, Shuqing Li, Yanhong Dai

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Observational study in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiwei YuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, Jiangsu.
Hong WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.
Shuqing LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.
Yanhong DaiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.
First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The relationship between the left arcuate fasciculus (AF) and stroke-related aphasia is unclear. In this retrospective study, we aimed to investigate the role of subcomponents of the left AF in predicting prognosis of aphasia after stroke. Twenty stroke patients with aphasia were recruited and received language assessment as well as diffusion tensor tractography scanning at admission. According to injury of the left AF, the participants were classified into four groups: group A (4 cases), the AF preserved intactly; group B (6 cases), the anterior segment injured; group C (4 cases), the posterior segment injured; and group D (6 cases), completely injured. After a consecutive speech therapy, language assessment was performed again. Changes of language functions among the groups were compared and the relation between these changes with segments injury of the AF was analyzed. After therapy, relatively high increase score percentage changes in terms of all the subcategories of language assessment were observed both in group A and C; by contrast, only naming in group B, and spontaneous speech in group D. Although no statistical difference was demonstrated among the four groups. In addition, there was no significant correlation between improvement of language function with segments injury of the AF. The predictive role of subcomponents of the left AF in prognosis of aphasia is obscure in our study. Nevertheless, it indicates the importance of integrity of the left AF for recovery of aphasia, namely that preservation of the left AF on diffusion tensor tractography could mean recovery potential of aphasia after stroke.

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AdultAgedAphasiaDiffusion Tensor ImagingFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPerforant PathwayPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRecovery of FunctionRetrospective StudiesSpeechSpeech TherapyStroke

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