Cognitive Training for Post-Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To quantitatively aggregate effects of cognitive training (CT) on cognitive and functional outcome measures in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) more than 12-months post-injury. Design: We systematically searched six databases for non-randomized and randomized controlled trials of CT in TBI patients at least 12-months post-injury reporting cognitive and/or functional outcomes. Main Measures: Efficacy was measured as standardized mean difference (Hedges' g) of post-training change. We investigated heterogeneity across studies using subgroup analyses and meta-regressions. Results: Fourteen studies encompassing 575 patients were included. The effect of CT on overall cognition was small and statistically significant (g = 0.22, 95%CI

SUBMITTER: Hallock H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5081379 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature