Professor Karen Eleanor Gracey Sage PhD
Professor for Allied Health Professions (Research)
Summary
Karen Sage worked as an NHS speech and language therapist for 12 years in Burnley, Liverpool and Northumberland, before moving to the University of Manchester. She completed her Psychology PhD part-time at the University of York. After two years as the Director of the Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit (Southmead hospital), she moved to Sheffield Hallam University to take up a new post promoting and enabling allied health professions research. Her primary research interests are based around adults with acquired communication disorders (including aphasia) and she has experience of experimental, case series, qualitative and large trial study methods.
About
After completing a BA in languages (French and Spanish), I trained as a speech and language therapist at City University, London, after which I took up my first NHS post in Burnley, Lancashire, followed by specialist neurology work at the Royal Liverpool Hospital before moving to Northumberland where I had a mixed adult caseload, including people with Motor Neurone Disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, dementia, voice and cancer of the head and neck. In 1996, I moved to the University of Manchester providing teaching and learning on aphasia, language processing, neuropsychology, research methods and clinical practice.
Since completing my PhD in psychology at the University of York, my aim has been to encourage other clinical therapists to undertake research so that allied health professionals can build a ground-swell of qualified, competent clinical researchers who investigate their area of practice to improve the health and wellbeing of their clients. My publications and research funding reflect my aim to recruit and publish with therapists. Clinically applied research (like its partner clinical practice) requires the therapist researcher to understand and use a variety of research methods and I encourage the use of whatever methods fit the research (quantitative as well as qualitative). AHP research also benefits from engaging in big data set studies as well as longitudinal cohort studies.
I am keen to assist therapists in obtaining grant income to provide the space to undertake their research (and if they wish, to acquire a higher degree). To that end, I have been successful in gaining funding from the Stroke Association, the Health Foundation, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), the Dunhill Medical Trust as well as MRC and ESRC.
Additionally, I work, in Spanish, alongside colleagues in Spain (Malaga, Oviedo, Valencia and Madrid) and Chile (Talca and Santiago de Chile).
Specialist areas of interest
aphasia
treatment and long term adjustment, stroke, rehabilitation, learning and behaviour change after acquired neurological damage
dementia, particularly those affecting language and communication (eg semantic dementia, primary progressive aphasia)
Teaching
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Publications
Key Publications
Wallace, S.J., Worrall, L., Rose, T., Le Dorze, G., Breitenstein, C., Hilari, K., ... Webster, J. (2019). A core outcome set for aphasia treatment research: the ROMA consensus statement. International journal of stroke, 14 (2), 180-185. http://doi.org/10.1177/1747493018806200
Pilkington, E., Sage, K., Saddy, J.D., & Robson, H. (2019). What can repetition, reading and naming tell us about Jargon Aphasia? Journal of Neurolinguistics, 49, 45-56. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.08.003
Lawton, M., Sage, K., Haddock, G., Conroy, P., & Serrant, L. (2018). Speech and language therapists’ perspectives of therapeutic alliance construction and maintenance in aphasia rehabilitation post stroke. International journal of language and communication disorders, 53 (3), 550-563. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12368
Lawton, M., Haddock, G., Conroy, P., Serrant, L., & Sage, K. (2018). People with aphasia’s perception of the therapeutic alliance in aphasia rehabilitation post stroke: a thematic analysis. Aphasiology, 32 (12), 1397-1417. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1441365
Kindell, J., Wilkinson, R., Sage, K., & Keady, J. (2017). Combining music and life story work to enhance participation in family interaction in semantic dementia: a longitudinal study of one family's experience. Arts and health : an international journal for research, policy and practice, 10 (2), 165-180. http://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2017.1342269
Wielaert, S., an de Sandt-Koenderman, M.W.M.E., Dammers, N., & Sage, K. (2016). ImPACT: a multifaceted implementation for conversation partner training in aphasia in Dutch rehabilitation settings. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (1), 76-89. http://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2016.1243160
Lawton, M., Haddock, G., Conroy, P., & Sage, K. (2016). Therapeutic alliances in stroke rehabilitation: a meta-ethnography. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97 (11), 1979-1993. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2016.03.031
Journal articles
Young, R., Sage, K., Broom, D., Hext, A., Snowdon, N., & Smith, C. (2023). Evaluating the usability of a co-designed power assisted exercise graphical user interface for people with stroke. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20 (1). http://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01207-7
Wallace, S.J., Worrall, L., Rose, T.A., Alyahya, R.S.W., Babbitt, E., Beeke, S., ... Dorze, G.L. (2023). Measuring communication as a core outcome in aphasia trials: Results of the ROMA-2 international core outcome set development meeting. International journal of language & communication disorders, 58 (4), 1017-1028. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12840
Broomfield, K., Sage, K., Jones, G.L., Judge, S., & James, D. (2023). The Unspoken Voice: Applying John Shotter's Dialogic Lens to Qualitative Data from People Who have Communication Difficulties. Qualitative health research, 33 (1-2), 3-12. http://doi.org/10.1177/10497323221139803
Keen, C., Smith, I., Hashmi-Greenwood, M., Sage, K., & Kiely, D.G. (2023). Pulmonary Hypertension and Measurement of Exercise Capacity Remotely: Evaluation of the 1-min Sit-to-Stand Test (PERSPIRE) - a cohort study. ERJ open research, 9 (1), 295-2022. http://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00295-2022
Broomfield, K., Harrop, D., Jones, G.L., Sage, K., & Judge, S. (2022). A qualitative evidence synthesis of the experiences and perspectives of communicating using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology. http://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2022.2105961
Ali, M., Ben Basat, A.L., Berthier, M., Blom Johansson, M., Breitenstein, C., Cadilhac, D.A., ... Brady, M.C. (2022). Protocol for the development of the international population registry for aphasia after stroke (I-PRAISE). Aphasiology, 36 (4), 534-554. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2021.1914813
Church, G., Ali, A., Smith, C.L., Broom, D., & Sage, K. (2022). Examining clinical practice guidelines for exercise and physical activity as part of rehabilitation for people with stroke: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (3). http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031707
Eltringham, S.A., Bray, B.D., Smith, C.J., Pownall, S., & Sage, K. (2022). Are Differences in Dysphagia Assessment, Oral Care Provision, or Nasogastric Tube Insertion Associated with Stroke-Associated Pneumonia? A Nationwide Survey Linked to National Stroke Registry Data. Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 51 (3), 365-372. http://doi.org/10.1159/000519903
Young, R., Smith, C., Sage, K., & Broom, D. (2021). Application of the nominal group technique to inform a co-design project on power assisted exercise equipment for people with stroke. Physiotherapy, 113 (Supp 1), e80-e81. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.10.049
Young, R., Sage, K., Broom, D., Broomfield, K., Church, G., & Smith, C. (2021). Using nominal group technique to advance power assisted exercise equipment for people with stroke. Research Involvement and Engagement, 7. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-021-00311-z
Church, G., Smith, C., Ali, A., & Sage, K. (2021). What Is Intensity and How Can It Benefit Exercise Intervention in People With Stroke? A Rapid Review. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. http://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2021.722668
Young, R., Broom, D., O’Brien, R., Sage, K., & Smith, C. (2021). Users’ experience of community-based power assisted exercise: a transition from NHS to third sector services. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 16 (1). http://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.1949899
Young, R., Broom, D., Sage, K., Crossland, K., & Smith, C. (2021). Experiences of venue based exercise interventions for people with stroke in the UK: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research. Physiotherapy, 110, 5-14. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2019.06.001
Broomfield, K., Craig, C., Smith, S., Jones, G., Judge, S., & Sage, K. (2021). Creativity in public involvement: Supporting authentic collaboration and inclusive research with seldom heard voices. Research Involvement and Engagement, 7 (1), 17. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-021-00260-7
Keen, C., Harrop, D., Hashmi-Greenwood, M., Kiely, D.G., Yorke, J., & Sage, K. (2020). Outcome Measures Used in Studies of Rehabilitation in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. http://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202005-541OC
Eltringham, S., Pownall, S., Bray, B., Smith, C.J., Piercy, L., & Sage, K. (2019). Experiences of dysphagia after stroke: an interview study of stroke survivors and their informal caregivers. Geriatrics, 4 (4), e67. http://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4040067
Keen, C., Hashmi-Greenwood, M., Yorke, J., Armstrong, I., Sage, K., & Kiely, D. (2019). Exploring a physiotherapy well-being review to deliver community-based rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation, 9 (4). http://doi.org/10.1177/2045894019885356
Eltringham, S., Smith, C.J., Pownall, S., Sage, K., & Bray, B. (2019). Variation in Dysphagia Assessment and Management in Acute Stroke: An Interview Study. Geriatrics, 4 (4), e60. http://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4040060
Pilkington, E., Sage, K., Saddy, D., & Robson, H. (2019). When does lexical availability influence phonology? Evidence from Jargon reading and repetition. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. http://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2019.1676456
Pilkington, E., Sage, K., Saddy, D., & Robson, H. (2019). When does lexical availability influence phonology? Evidence from Jargon reading and repetition. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. http://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2019.1676456
Eltringham, S., Kilner, K., Gee, M., Sage, K., Bray, B., Smith, C., & Pownall, S. (2019). Factors associated with risk of stroke-associated pneumonia in patients with dysphagia: A systematic review. Dysphagia. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-019-10061-6
Eltringham, S., Kilner, K., Gee, M., Sage, K., Bray, B., Smith, C., & Pownall, S. (2019). Factors associated with risk of stroke-associated pneumonia in patients with dysphagia: A systematic review. Dysphagia. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-019-10061-6
Lawton, M., Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Haddock, G. (2019). Aphasia and Stroke Therapeutic Alliance Measure (A-STAM): Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation. International journal of speech-language pathology. http://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1648551
Lawton, M., Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Haddock, G. (2019). Aphasia and Stroke Therapeutic Alliance Measure (A-STAM): Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation. International journal of speech-language pathology. http://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1648551
Broomfield, K., Harrop, D., Judge, S., Jones, G., & Sage, K. (2019). Appraising the quality of tools used to record patient-reported outcomes in users of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): a systematic review. Quality of Life Research. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02228-3
Lawton, M., Haddock, G., Conroy, P., Serrant, L., & Sage, K. (2019). People with aphasia’s perspectives of the therapeutic alliance during speech-language intervention: A Q methodological approach. International journal of speech-language pathology, 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1585949
Purcell, R., & Sage, K. (2018). Investigating the language, cognition and self-monitoring abilities of speakers with jargon output. Aphasiology. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1532070
Eltringham, S., Kilner, K., Gee, M., Sage, K., Bray, B., Pownall, S., & Smith, C. (2018). Impact of dysphagia assessment and management on risk of stroke-associated pneumonia: A systematic review. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 46 (3-4), 97-105. http://doi.org/10.1159/000492730
Thomson, J., Gee, M., Sage, K., & Walker, T. (2018). 'What 'form' does informal assessment take? A scoping review of the informal assessment literature for aphasia. International journal of language and communication disorders, 53 (4), 659-674. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12382
Kindell, J., Wilkinson, R., Sage, K., & Keady, J. (2017). Everyday conversation in dementia: a review of theliterature to inform research and practice. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52 (4), 392-406. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12298
Robson, H., Specht, K., Beaumont, H., Parkes, L.M., Sage, K., Lambon Ralph, M.A., & Zahn, R. (2017). Arterial spin labelling shows functional depression of non-lesion tissue in chronic Wernicke's aphasia. Cortex, 92, 249-260. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.11.002
Pilkington, E., Keidel, J., Kendrick, L., Saddy, D., Sage, K., & Robson, H. (2017). Sources of phoneme errors in repetition: perseverative, neologistic and lesion patterns in jargon aphasia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 225. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00225
Wielaert, S.M., Berns, P., van de Sandt-Koenderman, M.W.M., Dammers, N., & Sage, K. (2016). Now it is about me having to learn something ... partners' experiences with a Dutch conversation partner training programme (PACT). International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52 (2), 143-154. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12248
Wielaert, S.M., Sage, K., Heijenbrok-Kal, M.H., & Van De Sandt-Koenderman, W.M. (2015). Candidacy for conversation partner training in aphasia: findings from a Dutch implementation study. Aphasiology, 30 (6), 699-718. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2015.1100707
Kindell, J., Sage, K., & Cruice, M. (2015). Supporting communication in semantic dementia : a clinical consensus from expert practitioners. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 16 (3), 153-164. http://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-08-2014-0016
Carragher, M., Sage, K., & Conroy, P. (2015). Outcomes of treatment targeting syntax production in people with Broca's-type aphasia : evidence from psycholinguistic assessment tasks and everyday conversation. International journal of language and communication disorders, 50 (3), 322-336. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12135
Carragher, M., Sage, K., & Conroy, P. (2014). Preliminary analysis from a novel treatment targeting the exchange of new information within storytelling for people with non-fluent aphasia and their partners. Aphasiology, 29 (11), 1383-1408. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2014.988110
Robson, H., Cloutman, L., Keidel, J.L., Sage, K., Drakesmith, M., & Welbourne, S. (2014). Mismatch negativity (MMN) reveals inefficient auditory ventral stream function in chronic auditory comprehension impairments. Cortex, 59, 113-125. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.07.009
Kindell, J., Sage, K., Wilkinson, R., & Keady, J. (2014). Living with semantic dementia: a case study of one family's experience. Qualitative Health Research, 24 (3), 401-411. http://doi.org/10.1177/1049732314521900
Robson, H., Zahn, R., Keidel, J.L., Binney, R.J., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2014). The anterior temporal lobes support residual comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia. Brain, 137 (3), 931-943. http://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awt373
Galling, M.A., Goorah, N., Berthier, M.L., & Sage, K. (2013). A clinical study of the combined use of bromocriptine and speech and language therapy in the treatment of a person with aphasia. Aphasiology, 28 (2), 171-187. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2013.838616
Carragher, M., Sage, K., & Conroy, P. (2013). The effects of verb retrieval therapy for people with non-fluent aphasia : evidence from assessment tasks and conversation. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 23 (6), 846-887. http://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2013.832335
Robson, H., Grube, M., Griffiths, T.D., Ralph, M.A.L., & Sage, K. (2013). Fundamental deficits of auditory perception in Wernicke's aphasia. Cortex, 49 (7), 1808-1822. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2012.11.012
Kindell, J., Sage, K., Keady, J., & Wilkinson, R. (2013). Adapting to conversation with semantic dementia : using enactment as a compensatory strategy in everyday social interaction. International journal of language and communication disorders, 48 (5), 497-507. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12023
Cuetos, F., Rodríguez-Ferreiro, J., Sage, K., & Ellis, A.W. (2012). A fresh look at the predictors of naming accuracy and errors in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuropsychology, 6 (2), 242-256. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02025.x
Carragher, M., Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Wilkinson, R. (2012). Can impairment-focused therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions. Aphasiology, 26 (7), 895-916. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2012.676164
Robson, H., Davies, S., Lambon Ralph, M.A., & Sage, K. (2012). Facilitating and disrupting speech perception in word deafness. Aphasiology, 26 (2), 177-198. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.629360
Robson, H., Keidel, J.L., Ralph, M.A.L., & Sage, K. (2012). Revealing and quantifying the impaired phonological analysis underpinning impaired comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia. Neuropsychologia, 50 (2), 276-288. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.022
Robson, H., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2012). Wernicke's aphasia reflects a combination of acoustic-phonological and semantic control deficits: a case-series comparison of Wernicke's aphasia, semantic dementia and semantic aphasia. Neuropsychologia, 50 (2), 266-275. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.021
Conroy, P., Snell, C., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2012). Using phonemic cueing of spontaneous naming to predict item responsiveness to therapy for anomia in aphasia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 93 (1 S), S53-S60. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2011.07.205
Ralph, M.A.L., Sage, K., Heredia, C.G., Berthier, M.L., Martínez-Cuitiño, M., Torralva, T., ... Patterson, K. (2011). El-La: The impact of degraded semantic representations on knowledge of grammatical gender in semantic dementia. Acta Neuropsychologica, 9 (2), 115-131.
Adrián, J.A., González, M., Buiza, J.J., & Sage, K. (2011). Extending the use of Spanish Computer-assisted Anomia Rehabilitation Program (CARP-2) in people with aphasia. Journal of communication disorders, 44 (6), 666-677. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2011.06.002
Mayberry, E.J., Sage, K., Ehsan, S., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2011). Relearning in semantic dementia reflects contributions from both medial temporal lobe episodic and degraded neocortical semantic systems: evidence in support of the complementary learning systems theory. Neuropsychologia, 49 (13), 3591-3598. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.09.010
Mayberry, E.J., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2011). At the edge of semantic space: the breakdown of coherent concepts in semantic dementia is constrained by typicality and severity but not modality. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 23 (9), 2240-2251. http://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.2010.21582
Mayberry, E.J., Sage, K., Ehsan, S., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2011). An emergent effect of phonemic cueing following relearning in semantic dementia. Aphasiology, 25 (9), 1069-1077. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2011.575203
Wilkinson, R., Lock, S., Bryan, K., & Sage, K. (2011). Interaction-focused intervention for acquired language disorders: facilitating mutual adaptation in couples where one partner has aphasia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 13 (1), 74-87. http://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2011.551140
Pearl, G., Sage, K., & Young, A. (2011). Involvement in volunteering: an exploration of the personal experience of people with aphasia. Disability and rehabilitation, 33 (19-20), 1805-1821. http://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2010.549285
Sage, K., Snell, C., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2011). How intensive does anomia therapy for people with aphasia need to be? Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 21 (1), 26-41. http://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2010.528966
Snell, C., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2010). How many words should we provide in anomia therapy? A meta-analysis and a case series study. Aphasiology, 24 (9), 1064-1094. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030903372632
Lambon Ralph, M.A., Snell, C., Fillingham, J.K., Conroy, P., & Sage, K. (2010). Predicting the outcome of anomia therapy for people with aphasia post CVA: both language and cognitive status are key predictors. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 20 (2), 289-305. http://doi.org/10.1080/09602010903237875
Lambon Ralph, M.A., Sage, K., Jones, R.W., & Mayberry, E.J. (2010). Coherent concepts are computed in the anterior temporal lobes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (6), 2717-2722. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907307107
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.L. (2009). Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: can gains in picture naming generalize to connected speech? International journal of language & communication disorders, 44 (6), 1036-1062. http://doi.org/10.1080/13682820802585975
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.L. (2009). Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech? International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 44 (6), 1036-1062. http://doi.org/10.3109/13682820802585975
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2009). Errorless and errorful therapy for verb and noun naming in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23 (11), 1311-1337. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030902756439
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2009). The effects of decreasing and increasing cue therapy on improving naming speed and accuracy for verbs and nouns in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23 (6), 707-730. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030802165574
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2009). A comparison of word versus sentence cues as therapy for verb naming in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23 (4), 462-482. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030802514920
Heredia, C.G., Sage, K., Ralph, M.A.L., & Berthier, M.L. (2009). Relearning and retention of verbal labels in a case of semantic dementia. Aphasiology, 23 (2), 192-209. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030801942999
Jefferies, E., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2007). Do deep dyslexia, dysphasia and dysgraphia share a common phonological impairment? Neuropsychologia, 45 (7), 1553-1570. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.12.002
Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2006). Towards theory‐driven therapies for aphasic verb impairments: A review of current theory and practice. Aphasiology, 20 (12), 1159-1185. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030600792009
Sage, K., & Ellis, A. (2006). Using orthographic neighbours to treat a case of graphemic buffer disorder. Aphasiology, 20 (9), 851-870. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030600738945
Fillingham, J.K., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2006). The treatment of anomia using errorless learning. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 16 (2), 129-154. http://doi.org/10.1080/09602010443000254
Sage, K., Hesketh, A., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2005). Using errorless learning to treat letter-by-letter reading: contrasting word versus letter-based therapy. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 15 (5), 619-642. http://doi.org/10.1080/09602010443000155
Fillingham, J.K., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.A.L. (2005). Treatment of anomia using errorless versus errorful learning: are frontal executive skills and feedback important? International journal of language & communication disorders, 40 (4), 505-523. http://doi.org/10.1080/13682820500138572
Fillingham, J., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. (2005). Further explorations and an overview of errorless and errorful therapy for aphasic word-finding difficulties: The number of naming attempts during therapy affects outcome. Aphasiology, 19 (7), 597-614. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030544000272
Sage, K., & Ellis, A.W. (2004). Lexical influences in graphemic buffer disorder. COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 21 (2-4), 381-400. http://doi.org/10.1080/02643290342000438
Ralph, M.A.L., Hesketh, A., & Sage, K. (2004). Implicit recognition in pure alexia: The Saffran effect-a tale of two systems or two procedures? Cognitive neuropsychology, 21 (2), 401-421. http://doi.org/10.1080/02643290342000384
Sage, K., & Ellis, A.W. (2004). Lexical influences in graphemic buffer disorder. Cognitive neuropsychology, 21 (2), 381-400. http://doi.org/10.1080/02643290342000438
Fillingham, J.K., Hodgson, C., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M.A. (2003). The application of errorless learning to aphasic disorders: A review of theory and practice. Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 13 (3), 337-363. http://doi.org/10.1080/09602010343000020
Ralph, M.A.L., Moriarty, L., & Sage, K. (2002). Anomia is simply a reflection of semantic and phonological impairments: Evidence from a case-series study. Aphasiology, 16 (1-2), 56-82. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687040143000448
Lambon Ralph, M.A., Sage, K., & Roberts, J. (2000). Classical anomia: a neuropsychological perspective on speech production. Neuropsychologia, 38 (2), 186-202. http://doi.org/10.1016/s0028-3932(99)00056-1
HESKETH, A., & SAGE, K. (1999). Overview. Aphasiology, 13 (4-5), 239-241. http://doi.org/10.1080/026870399402064
Hesketh, A., & Sage, K. (1999). Outcome Measurement: In Sickness and in Health. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 1 (1), 67-69. http://doi.org/10.3109/14417049909167159
Hesketh, A., & Sage, K. (1999). For Better, for Worse: Outcome Measurement in Speech and Language Therapy. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 1 (1), 37-45. http://doi.org/10.3109/14417049909167152
Lambon, M.A., Ellis, R.A.W., & Sage, K. (1998). WORD MEANING BLINDNESS REVISITED. Cognitive neuropsychology, 15 (4), 389-400. http://doi.org/10.1080/026432998381159
Ralph, M.A.L. (1996). Word Meaning Blindness: A New Form of Acquired Dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 13 (5), 617-640. http://doi.org/10.1080/026432996381863
Eltringham, S., Smith, C., Pownall, S., Sage, K., & Bray, B. (n.d.). Variation in dysphagia assessment and management in acute stroke: An interview study. Geriatrics.
Eltringham, S., Smith, C., Pownall, S., Sage, K., & Bray, B. (n.d.). Variation in dysphagia assessment and management in acute stroke: An interview study. Geriatrics.
Atkinson, T., Brown, E., Jones, G., Sage, K., & Wang, X. (n.d.). “I Assumed It Would Be Somebody Who Had a Stroke That Was Doing This”: Views of Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, and Health Professionals on Tailoring a Relaxation and Mindfulness Intervention. Healthcare, 11 (3), 399. http://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030399
Broomfield, K., Judge, S., Sage, K., Jones, G.L., & James, D. (n.d.). Using longitudinal qualitative research to explore the experience of receiving and using augmentative and alternative communication. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12981
Conference papers
Di Nuovo, A., Bamforth, J., Conti, D., Sage, K., Ibbotson, R., Clegg, J., ... Arnold, K. (2020). An explorative study on robotics for supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during clinical procedures. In 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI, (pp. 189-191). Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc: http://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378277
Lawton, M., Haddock, G., Conroy, P., Serrant, L., & Sage, K. (2018). Which aspects of the therapeutic alliance are valued by people with aphasia in speech and language therapy? A Q-methodology study. Aphasiology, 32 (S1), 122-123. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1486370
Carragher, M., Sage, K., & Conroy, P. (2013). Interactive storytelling therapy : task effects and generalisation to conversation. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 94, 269-270. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.134
Sage, K., Galling, M., Goorah, N., & Berthier, M. (2013). Combining bromocriptine and speech and language therapy in the treatment of a person with aphasia : a clinical study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 94, 273-274. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.137
Robson, H., Drakesmith, M., Keidel, J.L., Sage, K., Cloutman, L., & Welbourne, S. (2013). Electrophysiology correlates of successful and impaired auditory discrimination in acquired comprehension impairments. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 94, 145-146. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.071
Read, J., Welbourne, S., Sage, K., & Ralph, M.L. (2010). Recovery of Language and Reading in Post-CVA Aphasia: A Longitudinal Study. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 158-159. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.078
Robson, H., Ralph, M.L., & Sage, K. (2010). A Case Series Comparison to Investigate the Comprehension Impairment in Wernicke's Aphasia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 6, 35-36. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.018
Wilkinson, R., Bryan, K., Lock, S., & Sage, K. (2010). Implementing and evaluating aphasia therapy targeted at couples' conversations: A single case study. Aphasiology, 24 (6-8), 869-886. http://doi.org/10.1080/02687030903501958
Book chapters
Broomfield, K., & Sage, K. (2017). Exploring the perspectives of people who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication Aids (AAC). In Cudd, P., & de Witte, L. (Eds.) Harnessing the power of technology to improve lives. (pp. 370-373). IOS Press: http://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-798-6-370
Sage, K., & Terradillos, E. (2016). Terapia functional para la persona con afasia: en que consiste? In Martín-Aragoneses, M.T., & López-Higes, R. (Eds.) Claves de la logopedia en el siglo XXI. (pp. 231-249). Madrid: UNED
Galling, M.A., Goorah, N., Berthier, M.L., & Sage, K. (2016). A clinical study of the combined use of bromocriptine and speech and language therapy in the treatment of a person with aphasia. In Pharmacology and Aphasia. (pp. 44-60).
Theses / Dissertations
Young, R. (2023). Advancing Power Assisted Exercise for People with Stroke. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Smith, C., Sage, K., & Broom, D. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00539
Other activities
Honorary clinical contract with Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) Research advisor and research champion
Co-Chair: RCSLT Clinical Excellence Network (CEN): North West Aphasia
COST EU Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CAT) Working group 3 Predictors and prognosis
Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) : member of the professoriate
External examiner: City, University of London - External Examiner for MRes Clinical Research and MSc in Health Services Research
Postgraduate supervision
2013 - 2018: Stroke Association Junior Fellowship: 'Evaluating the impact of therapeutic alliance between the rehabilitation clinician and stroke survivor; focus on the speech and language therapist and the person with aphasia'
2015 - 2018: Stroke Association Junior Fellowship: 'The Cognitive and Neurobiological Mechanisms Underpinning Jargon Aphasia and Perseveration'
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development and the Rotterdam Neurorehabilitation Research (RoNeRes) consortium: Exploratory study into the effects of conversation training on all stakeholders when the partners of people with aphasia have received the training
ESRC: Applying therapies and technologies to the treatment of dysgraphia: combining neuropsychological techniques and compensatory devices to enhance use of writing via the internet
NIHR: Extending and evaluating conversation-focused therapy: Optimizing the ability of couples where one partner has aphasia to cope with conversation.
Stroke Association Junior Fellowship: Improving the talk of speakers with non-fluent aphasia: Evaluating the combination of impairment-focused therapy and interaction therapy
Stroke Association Junior Fellowship: Revealing the neural basis of semantic memory: its breakdown in Wernicke’s aphasia
Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) Re-learning in semantic dementia
Gatsby Foundation: Charting the recovery of reading in CVA
MRC: Testing and applying contemporary models of language to relearning in stroke aphasia
Stroke Association Junior Fellowship. Errorless learning as a treatment applied to verb and sentence production in aphasia
Health Foundation studentship: An investigation into errorless learning as a therapy for anomia
ESRC: An investigation into lexical therapy for anomia