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Issue title: Effectiveness of Neurorehabilitation Treatment for Individuals with Brain Injury or Stroke
Guest editors: Rick Parente
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Sebastian, Rajania | Tsapkini, Kyranaa | Tippett, Donna C.a; b; c; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA | [b] Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA | [c] Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Donna C. Tippett, MPH, MA, CCC-SLP, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, 601 N. Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA. Tel.: +1 410 955 7895; Fax: +1 410 955 0035; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in chronic post stroke aphasia is documented in a substantial literature, and there is some new evidence that tDCS can augment favorable language outcomes in primary progressive aphasia. Anodal tDCS is most often applied to the left hemisphere language areas to increase cortical excitability (increase the threshold of activation) and cathodal tDCS is most often applied to the right hemisphere homotopic areas to inhibit over activation in contralesional right homologues of language areas. Outcomes usually are based on neuropsychological and language test performance, following a medical model which emphasizes impairment of function, rather than a model which emphasizes functional communication. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we review current literature of tDCS as it is being used as a research tool, and discuss future implementation of tDCS as an adjuvant treatment to behavioral speech-language pathology intervention. METHODS: We review literature describing non-invasive brain stimulation, the mechanism of tDCS, and studies of tDCS in aphasia and neurodegenerative disorders. We discuss future clinical applications. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: tDCS is a promising adjunct to traditional speech-language pathology intervention to address speech-language deficits after stroke and in the neurodegenerative disease, primary progressive aphasia. Limited data are available regarding how performance on these types of specific tasks translates to functional communication outcomes.
Keywords: Stroke, aphasia, primary progressive aphasia, transcranial direct current stimulation
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-161346
Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 141-152, 2016
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