Efficacy of a Training on Executive Functions in Potentiating Rehabilitation Effects in Stroke Patients.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive impairment after a stroke has a direct impact on patients' disability. In particular, impairment of Executive Functions (EFs) interferes with re-adaptation to daily life. The aim of this study was to explore whether adding a computer-based training on EFs to an ordinary rehabilitation program, regardless of the specific brain damage and clinical impairment (motor, language, or cognitive), could improve rehabilitation outcomes in patients with stroke. An EF training was designed to have minimal motor and expressive language demands and to be applied to a wide range of clinical conditions. A total of 37 stroke patients were randomly assigned to two groups: a training group, which performed the EF training in addition to the ordinary rehabilitation program (treatment as usual), and

SUBMITTER: Tarantino V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8392264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature