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Effects of music therapy accompanied by transcranial direct current stimulation on the recovery from aphasia following stroke: A single‑center retrospective cohort study

  • Authors:
    • Aikaterini Aravantinou-Fatorou
    • Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou
    • Demetrios A. Spandidos
    • Petros Papalexis
    • Kyriakos Tarantinos
    • Nikolaos Mathioudakis
    • Serafeim Chlapoutakis
    • Nikolaos Trakas
    • Pagona Sklapani
    • George Fotakopoulos
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  • Published online on: November 16, 2022     https://doi.org/10.3892/wasj.2022.177
  • Article Number: 42
  • Copyright: © Aravantinou-Fatorou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Aphasia is the difficulty in reproducing or understanding speech, and affects 21‑38% of patients with stroke immediately after onset. In addition, disregarding improvement in the first weeks after stroke, ~20% of patients present with chronic deficiencies 6 months later. Consequently, speech and language therapy appears to be the optimal choice of treatment for chronic aphasia. The present study aimed to systematically investigate the effects of experimental/traditional music therapy (MT) in combination with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on improving aphasia in patients following a stroke in regular stroke rehabilitation services. For this purpose, 98 eligible participants who had suffered a single cerebrovascular accident were divided into three groups as follows: Group A, no MT or tDCS (only standard treatment); group B, daily MT; group C, combined treatment with daily MT and tDCS at a 1:1.21:1.28 ratio for the three groups, respectively. Statistically significant differences between groups were found either in terms of the interval of the Aachen Aphasia Test [(T1‑T0) mean] (P<0.05) or in terms of the mean cerebral blood flow in the damaged regions (P=0.042), the mean mini‑mental test (P<0.05) and the mean Barthel index (P=0.004). On the whole, the present study demonstrates that following a stroke, recovery from aphasia can by promoted by a regular exercise, training and rehabilitation program, as well as an improved acoustic environment and tDCS.
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Aravantinou-Fatorou A, Georgakopoulou VE, Spandidos DA, Papalexis P, Tarantinos K, Mathioudakis N, Chlapoutakis S, Trakas N, Sklapani P, Fotakopoulos G, Fotakopoulos G, et al: Effects of music therapy accompanied by transcranial direct current stimulation on the recovery from aphasia following stroke: A single‑center retrospective cohort study. World Acad Sci J 4: 42, 2022
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Aravantinou-Fatorou, A., Georgakopoulou, V.E., Spandidos, D.A., Papalexis, P., Tarantinos, K., Mathioudakis, N. ... Fotakopoulos, G. (2022). Effects of music therapy accompanied by transcranial direct current stimulation on the recovery from aphasia following stroke: A single‑center retrospective cohort study. World Academy of Sciences Journal, 4, 42. https://doi.org/10.3892/wasj.2022.177
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Aravantinou-Fatorou, A., Georgakopoulou, V. E., Spandidos, D. A., Papalexis, P., Tarantinos, K., Mathioudakis, N., Chlapoutakis, S., Trakas, N., Sklapani, P., Fotakopoulos, G."Effects of music therapy accompanied by transcranial direct current stimulation on the recovery from aphasia following stroke: A single‑center retrospective cohort study". World Academy of Sciences Journal 4.6 (2022): 42.
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Aravantinou-Fatorou, A., Georgakopoulou, V. E., Spandidos, D. A., Papalexis, P., Tarantinos, K., Mathioudakis, N., Chlapoutakis, S., Trakas, N., Sklapani, P., Fotakopoulos, G."Effects of music therapy accompanied by transcranial direct current stimulation on the recovery from aphasia following stroke: A single‑center retrospective cohort study". World Academy of Sciences Journal 4, no. 6 (2022): 42. https://doi.org/10.3892/wasj.2022.177