Pickersgill M J, Lincoln N B
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1983 Feb;46(2):130-9. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.46.2.130.
Communication abilities were assessed on a wide range of tests in 56 aphasic stroke patients, 33 classified as "moderate" and 23 as "severe". Thirty-six of the patients had received language treatment. The biographical variables of age, months post-onset and handedness were shown to be differentially correlated with improvements. In particular, there were some significant trends of decreasing improvement with increasing months post-onset on expressive verbal tasks in treated moderate aphasics and on comprehension tasks in treated severe aphasics. Untreated patients did not show the same clear pattern of trends; however, these patients were reassessed after a shorter period and covered a smaller range of months post-onset. The role of treatment deserves further clarification. The results also indicate that language recovery is relatively independent of age and of handedness.
对56名失语中风患者进行了广泛的测试以评估其沟通能力，其中33名被归类为“中度”，23名被归类为“重度”。36名患者接受了语言治疗。年龄、发病后月数和利手等传记变量与改善情况存在不同程度的相关性。特别是，在接受治疗的中度失语患者的表达性言语任务以及接受治疗的重度失语患者的理解任务中，随着发病后月数的增加，改善程度有一些显著的下降趋势。未接受治疗的患者没有表现出相同的明显趋势；然而，这些患者在较短时间后重新接受评估，且发病后月数范围较小。治疗的作用值得进一步阐明。结果还表明，语言恢复相对独立于年龄和利手。
