- 作者：Rosaria De Luca ; M.Sc. ; Ph.D. ; Rocco Salvatore Calabrò ; M.D. ; Ph.D. ; salbro77@tiscali.it" class="auth_mail ; Giuseppe Gervasi ; Ph.D. ; Simona De Salvo ; M.Sc. ; Lilla Bonanno ; M.Sc. ; Ph.D. ; Francesco Corallo ; Psy. ; Maria Cristina De Cola ; M.Sc. ; Placido Bramanti ; M.D.
- 关键词：Computerized cognitive training ; Recovery ; Rehabilitation outcomes ; Stroke ; TBI
- 刊名：Disability and Health Journal
- 出版年：July 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：7
- 期：3
- 页码：356-360
- 全文大小：181 K
Objective
Aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of pc – cognitive training in brain injury patients.
Methods
We studied 35 subjects (randomly divided into two groups), affected by traumatic or vascular brain injury, having attended from January 2010 to December 2012 the Laboratory of Robotic and Cognitive Rehabilitation of IRCCS Neurolesi of Messina. Cognitive impairment was investigated through psychometric battery, administered before (T0) and two months (T1) after the cognitive pc-training, which was performed only by the experimental group, in addition to conventional treatment. Statistical analysis was performed using Wilcoxon test with a p < 0.01.
Results
At time T0, all patients showed language deficits and cognitive alterations in visual attention and memory abilities. After the rehabilitation program we noted a global improvement in both the groups. However, at T1, the experimental group showed a greater cognitive improvement than the control group, with significant differences in nearly all the neuropsychological tests performed.
Conclusions
Our data suggest that cognitive pc-training may be a promising methodology to optimize the rehabilitation outcomes following brain injury.