Constraint-Induced @entity2026 Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Post- XXXX @entity2026 : A Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Pilot Trial.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity23 @entity2026 @entity34
UNASSIGNED: BACKGROUND To provide a preliminary estimate of efficacy of @entity34 ( @entity34 ) when compared to no-intervention in @entity1 with chronic (>1 year) post- @entity64 @entity2026 in order to plan an appropriately powered @entity23 ( @entity23 ).   MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a pilot single-blinded @entity23 .   24 @entity1 were randomized: 14 to @entity34 and 10 to no-intervention.   @entity34 groups received up to 4 hours/day of intervention for 10 consecutive business days (40 hours or therapy).   Outcomes were assessed within 1 week of intervention and at 1 and 12 weeks after intervention and included several linguistic measures and a measure of overall subjective communication abilities (mini-Communicative Abilities Log (mini-CAL)).   Clinicians treating @entity1 ( @entity34 group) did not communicate with other team members to maintain blinding and the testing team members were blinded to treatment group assignment.   RESULTS Overall, the results of this pilot @entity23 support the results of previous observational studies that @entity34 may lead to improvements in linguistic abilities.   At 12 weeks, the treatment group reported better subjective communication abilities (mini-CAL) than the no-intervention group (p=0.019).   Other measures trended towards better performance in the @entity34 group. CONCLUSIONS In this pilot @entity23 intensive language therapy led to an improvement in subjective language abilities.   The effects demonstrated allow the design of a definitive trial of @entity34 in @entity1 with a variety of post- @entity64 @entity2026 types.   In addition, our experiences have identified important considerations for designing subsequent trial(s) of @entity34 or other interventions for post- @entity64 @entity2026 .
