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tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) versus sham tDCS plus SLT for improving aphasia: dropouts Dropouts and adverse events · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
15 studies · 345 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Health‐related quality of life · participants with chronic cough

Speech and language therapy may leads to higher health‐related quality of life compared with healthy lifestyle advice (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
MD 1.53 [0.21, 2.85]
1 study · 71 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Serious adverse events · participants with chronic cough

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 75 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Objective cough counts (over 24‐hour period) · participants with chronic cough

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 71 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Symptoms · participants with chronic cough

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 87 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Clinical improvement (as defined by trialists) · participants with chronic cough

It is very uncertain whether speech and language therapy changes clinical improvement (as defined by trialists) compared with healthy lifestyle advice (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 48.13 [13.53, 171.25]
1 study · 87 participants
Very low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Cough · participants with chronic cough

Speech and language therapy showed no clear difference in subjective measures of cough (e.g. VAS/numerical cough scale score) compared with healthy lifestyle advice (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 71 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Cough reflex sensitivity (as measured by cough challenge: capsaicin concentration required to provoke 5 coughs) · participants with chronic cough

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 49 participants
Low

Speech and language therapy vs healthy lifestyle advice

Adverse events · participants with chronic cough

1 finding from 1 review

Speech and language therapy for management of chronic cough 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 75 participants
Low

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

Language impairment: accuracy of naming nouns at · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

2 findings from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
11 studies · 298 participants
Moderate
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 80 participants
Low

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

Language impairment: accuracy of naming verbs post intervention Accuracy in verb naming. Scale from: −infinity to +infinity · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

1 finding from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 21 participants
Very low

tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) vs sham tDCS plus SLT

Functional communication · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

2 findings from 1 review

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 112 participants
Low
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 80 participants
Very low