Research Article

Can Combination Therapy of Conventional and Oriental Medicine Improve Poststroke Aphasia? Comparative, Observational, Pragmatic Study

Table 4

Type of aphasia at time of admission.


COT group

  ( 𝑛 = 4 7 )
OLT group
 
 ( 𝑛 = 3 0 )
𝑃 value

Motor (%)7 (14.89)6 (20)0.756
Sensory (%)3 (6.38)3 (10)0.673
Global (%)25 (53.19)16 (53.33)1.000
Conduction (%)1 (2.13)0 (0)1.000
Transcortical (%)7 (14.89)2 (6.67)0.469
Anomic (%)4 (8.51)3 (10)1.000

COT group: group that received language therapy with oriental medicine therapy.
OLT group: group that received language therapy only.
𝑃 value was evaluated by Fisher’s exact test.