Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

DOI

10.1682/JRRD.2013.08.0172

Publication Title

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volume

51

Issue

3

Pages

391-400

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to create a "behavioral treatment engine" for future use in research on physiological adjuvants in aphasia rehabilitation. We chose the behavioral target anomia, which is a feature displayed by many persons who have aphasia. Further, we wished to saturate the treatment approach with many strategies and cues that have been empirically reported to have a positive influence on aphasia outcome, with the goal being to optimize the potential for positive response in most participants. A single-subject multiple baseline design with replication across eight participants was employed. Four men and four women, with an average age of 62 yr and an average of 63.13 mo poststroke onset, served as participants. Word-retrieval treatment was administered 3 d/wk, 1 h/d for a total of 20 treatment hours (6-7 wk). Positive acquisition effects were evident in all eight participants (d effect size [ES] = 5.40). Treatment effects were maintained 3 mo after treatment termination for five participants (d ES = 2.94). Within and across semantic category, generalization was minimal (d ES = 0.43 within and 1.09 across). This study demonstrates that this behavioral treatment engine provides a solid platform on which to base future studies whereby various treatment conditions are manipulated and pharmacologic support is added.

Comments

Web of Science: "Free full-text from publisher-- gold open access."

ORCID

0000-0002-5661-8630 (Raymer)

Original Publication Citation

Kendall, D., Raymer, A., Rose, M., Gilbert, J., & Rothi, L. J. G. (2014). Anomia treatment platform as behavioral engine for use in research on physiological adjuvants to neurorehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 51(3), 391-400. doi:10.1682/jrrd.2013.08.0172

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