Table 1.
Characteristics of the included trials.
| Study | Sample size (I/C) | Aphasia cause | Age (I/C) | Intervention (time and duration) | Outcome measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulvermüller et al 2001 [16] |
10/7 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | 55.40 ± 10.86/54.29 ± 8.10 | I: CIAT (3 h/d for 10 days) C: CT (3 h/d for 4 weeks) |
1.AAT 2.CAL |
| Ciccone et al 2015 [21] |
12/8 | Acute aphasia after Stroke | 69.40 ± 15.00/72.60 ± 14.10 | I: CIAT (45–60 min/d, 5 d/week for 5 weeks) C: CT (45–60 min/d, 5 d/week for 5 weeks) |
1.WAB-AQ 2.DA 3.SAQoL |
| Wilssens et al 2015 [22] |
5/4 | Acute aphasia after Stroke | 63.20 ± 8.44/71.25 ± 9.22 | I: CIAT (3 h/d for 10 days) C: BOX (2–3 h/d for 10 days) |
1.AAT 2.BNT 3.PALPA 4.ANELT 5.CETI 6.SAT |
| Kurland et al 2016 [23] |
12/12 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | 68.60(55–78)/65.00(47–81) | I: ILAT (3 h/d for 10 days) C: PACE (3 h/d for 10 days) |
1.BNT 2.BDAE 3.CTPD 4.PICA |
| Woldag et al 2016 [25] |
20/20/20 | Acute aphasia after Stroke | 71.30 ± 7.20/63.00 ± 14.30/70.30 ± 11.20 | I: CIAT (3 h/d for 10 days) C: CT (3 h/d for 10 days) Individual and group therapy (14 h/2weeks) |
1.AAT 2.CAL |
| Sickert et al 2013 [30] |
50/50 | Subacute aphasia after Stroke | 60.70(41–81)/60.20(34–84) | I: CIAT (2 h/d for 15 days) C: CT (2 h/d for 15 days) |
1.AAT 2.CAL |
| Szaflarski et al 2015 [31] |
12/10 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | 57.00 ± 11.00/51.00 ± 13.00 | I: CIAT (4 h/d for 10 days) C: no intervention |
1. BNT 2. CAL 3.BDAE 4.COWA 5.SFT 6.PPVT |
| Shi et al 2006 [32] |
10/10 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | 51.70 ± 19.80 | I: CIAT (30–35 h/2weeks) C: CT (30–35 h/4weeks) |
1. WAB 2. CAL |
| Lin et al 2007 [33] |
15/15 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | Unclear | I: CIAT (2–3 h/d, 20 d/month for 2 months) C: CT (2–3 h/d, 20 d/month for 2 months) |
1.CRRCAE 2.CFCP |
| Lin 2017 [34] |
51/51 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | 53.30 ± 10.30/52.60 ± 11.20 | I: CIAT (2 h/d) C: CT (unclear) |
1.WAB 2.CADL |
| Xie et al 2014 [35] |
15/15 | Chronic aphasia after Stroke | 63.13 ± 5.66/57.17 ± 6.04 | I: CIAT (3 h/d, 5 d/week for 2 weeks) C: CT (30 h/4weeks) |
1. WAB 2. CAL |
| Zhao et al 2014 [36] |
29/30 | Subacute aphasia after Stroke | 51.40 ± 12.57/52.90 ± 9.60 | I: CIAT (3h/d for 10 days) C: CT (30 min/d, 5 d/week for 10 days) |
1. CRRCAE 2. CADL |
Notes:CIAT=Constraint-induced Aphasia Therapy; ILAT=Intensive Language Aphasia Therapy; CILT=Constraint-induced Language Therapy: ILAT and CILT are different names for CIAT. AAT = Aachen Aphasia Test; ANELT = Amsterdam Nijmegen Everyday Language Test; AQ = Aphasia Quotient; BNT=Boston Naming Test; BOX=Intensive semantic treatment; BDAE=Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination; C=Control Group; CAL=Communication Activity Log; CADL=Communicative Ability of Daily Living; CETI=Communicative Effectiveness Index; CFCP=Chinese Functional Communication Profile; COWA=Controlled Oral Word Association Test; CRRCAE=China Rehabilitation Research Center Aphasia Examination; CT=Conventional Therapy; CTPD=Cookie Theft Picture Description; DA = Discourse Analysis; d=day; h=hour; I=Intervention Group; Min=minute; PACE=Promoting Aphasia Communicative Effectiveness; PALPA=Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia; PICA=Porch Index of Communicative Ability; PPVT=Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; SAQoL = The Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale; SAT=Semantic Association Test; SFT=Semantic Fluency Test; WAB=Western Aphasia Battery.