Purpose Intensive language action therapy (ILAT) can be effective in overcoming learned
nonuse in chronic aphasia. It is suggested that all three guiding principles (constraint …

Background: There is an urgent need for treatment comparison studies for chronic aphasia.
Two different treatments, Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy Plus (CIAT Plus) and Multi …

Background. Intensive aphasia therapy can improve language functions in chronic aphasia
over a short therapy interval of 2–4 weeks. For one intensive method, intensive language …

Background Constraint‐induced (language) aphasia therapy (CIAT), based on constraint
usage of the language channel only, massed practice and shaping through therapeutic …

Background: Brain research has documented that the cortical mechanisms for language and
action are tightly interwoven and, concurrently, new approaches to language therapy in …

Objective The authors compared the effectiveness of 2 intensive therapy methods:
Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT; Pulvermüller et al., 2001) and semantic therapy …

Background: Studies of intensive aphasia treatments vary widely in terms of treatment focus,
in patient population and, in particular, in definition of what is considered “intensive” …

Intense language training has been found to be more efficient in the rehabilitation of chronic
aphasia than treatment spread across time. Intense treatment, however, challenges …

Background and Purpose—In response to the established notion that improvement of
language functions in chronic aphasia only can be achieved through long-term treatment …

Purpose: A primary goal of aphasia intervention is to improve everyday communication.
Although a large body of research focuses on treatment generalization, transfer of learning …