Intensive language training enhances brain plasticity in chronic aphasia

Table 1 Relevant clinical and demographic parameters of the training groups (Constraint-Induced aphasia therapy, CIAT; Model-based aphasia therapy, MB).

ID	Group	Sex	Age	Onset (months)¹	Etiology	Syndrome	Severity
1	CIAT	female	35	33	hemorrhagic	Not-class.	mild
2	CIAT	female	53	32	hemorrhagic	Broca	mild
3	CIAT	male	51	13	ischemic	Wernicke	moderate
4	CIAT	male	69	33	ischemic	Wernicke	mild
5²	CIAT	female	70	38	hemorrhagic	Wernicke	moderate
6	CIAT	male	51	29	hemorrhagic	Broca	moderate
7	CIAT	female	47	54	hemorrhagic	Not-class.	moderate
8	CIAT	female	67	42	ischemic	Amnesic	mild
9	CIAT	male	49	92	ischemic	Broca	moderate
10	CIAT	male	41	46	hemorrhagic	Not-class.	mild
11	CIAT	male	66	26	ischemic	Not-class.	moderate
12	CIAT	male	39	56	ischemic	Amnesic	mild
13	CIAT	male	36	12	ischemic	Broca	mild
14	CIAT	female	47	87	ischemic	Broca	moderate
15	CIAT	female	53	50	ischemic	Broca	moderate
16	CIAT	female	80	23	ischemic	Wernicke	mild
17	CIAT	male	47	29	ischemic	Broca	moderate
18	CIAT	female	36	32	ischemic	Global	moderate
19	MB	male	59	39	hemorrhagic	Not-class.	mild
20	MB	male	37	36	ischemic	Broca	moderate
21	MB	female	49	28	ischemic	Global	severe
22	MB	male	57	40	ischemic	Broca	mild
23	MB	male	62	156	ischemic	Broca	moderate
24²	MB	female	76	13	ischemic	Global	moderate
25	MB	male	66	64	ischemic	Broca	moderate
26	MB	female	65	29	hemorrhagic	Broca	moderate
27	MB	female	47	53	ischemic	Broca	mild
28	MB	female	75	40	ischemic	Not-class.	moderate
N = 28	18 CIAT 10 MB	14 ♀/14 ♂	54,6	43,8	20 I, 8 H		N = 26

¹ MRI was acquired within the two-week training period. ² For patients 5 and 24, MRI could not be acquired within the training period. Lesions of the left hemisphere were verified by clinical case report forms obtained from earlier clinical presentation (for both patients, MRI was performed immediately after the insult).

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