Effect of speech and motoric rehabilitation on the emotional state of aphasic poststroke patients with depression

Abstract

The present paper presents the clinical experience in rehabilitation of patients who suffered a stroke. One of the most frequent neuropsychiatric disturbances in stroke patients is depression. Further, post stroke, depression is associated with impaired recovery in cognitive function and activities of daily living. Rehabilitation has a major importance for patients after stroke, in supporting them to recover from depression, help them compensate deficiencies and relearn lost skills like coordinating legs' or arms' movements. Depending on the location of the lesion of the cerebrovascular accident (CVA), it can be accompanied by language disorders. In order to help post stroke patients to gain a better emotional state, the specialists must form a team to help them recover speech deficiencies, comprehend the body scheme, and collaborate better with medical recovery doctors and physiotherapists in executing exercises.