ArticleBrain sciences2021
Efficacy of a Training on Executive Functions in Potentiating Rehabilitation Effects in Stroke Patients.
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- Effects of exercise intervention on physical mobility in stroke patients: a scoping review and research progress.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
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- Are People with Aphasia Included in Stroke Trials? A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
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- Efficacy of home based computerized adaptive cognitive training in patients with post stroke cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The effect of ergometer cycling and visual foraging on brain function: A pilot study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of standalone digital interventions for cognitive symptoms in people without dementia.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Dementia after Ischemic Stroke, from Molecular Biomarkers to Therapeutic Options.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Resting-state brain network connectivity is an independent predictor of responsiveness to language therapy in chronic post-stroke aphasia.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2024Article
- Bayesian modelling disentangles language versus executive control disruption in stroke.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Intervention and assessment of executive dysfunction in patients with stroke: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Future of Neurorehabilitation: Putting the Brain and Body Together Again.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Intensive assessment of executive functions derived from performance in cognitive training games.iScience · 2023Article
- The impact of cognitive function deficits and their recovery on functional outcome in subjects affected by ischemic subacute stroke: results from the Italian multicenter longitudinal study CogniReMo.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Observational
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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 a control group, which performed the ordinary rehabilitation exclusively. Both groups were assessed before and after the rehabilitation program on neuropsychological tests covering multiple cognitive domains, and on functional scales (Barthel index, Functional Independence Measure). The results showed that only patients who received the training improved their scores on the Attentional Matrices and Phonemic Fluency tests after the rehabilitation program. Moreover, they showed a greater functional improvement in the Barthel scale as well. These results suggest that combining an EF training with an ordinary rehabilitation program potentiates beneficial effects of the latter, especially in promoting independence in activities of daily living.
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