Advanced Recovery Receives Trademark For Aphasia Treatment Protocol

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience
Also Included In: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy
Article Date: 29 Nov 2007 - 3:00 PDT

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Advanced Recovery Rehabilitation Center in Sherman Oaks, California, has been awarded a trademark for their unique treatment protocol for aphasia. Aphasia Rehabilitation with Re-learning using Constraint Principles (ARRC-P) is the first trademarked aphasia treatment approach based on Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy.

Aphasia is a language problem often associated with stroke and head injuries. People with aphasia may have trouble speaking, understanding what is being said, reading, and/or writing. There are estimated to be 1 million people living with aphasia today. That number rises by about 80,000 annually.

Designed for people with strokes and head injuries, ARRC-P applies the principles of constraint-induced movement therapy (intensity, massed practice, and constraint of compensatory strategies) to improve language skills by primarily focusing on speech. By working almost 4 hours a day exclusively on language skills, even clients who have had a stroke or head injury years before can improve their ability to speak in 2-3 weeks. The protocol was originally based on findings in a German study published in 2001. Over the last 4 years, Advanced Recovery refined the approach for use in an outpatient rehab clinic.

Advanced Recovery was formed in 2002 and specializes in neurological rehabilitation. They provide physical and occupational, and speech therapy. For more information contact Jennifer Brown, MS, CCC-SLP at Advanced Recovery Rehabilitation Center, 818-386-1231 or visit their website at http://www.advancedrecovery.org.

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