Examining a visuospatial/visuomotor training program as an intervention to induce cognitive improvement during acute post-stroke recovery.

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Abstract	Abstract Purpose: A novel visuospatial (VS)/visuomotor (VM) cognitive training program was examined as an intervention tool to improve acute post-stroke recovery. Method: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 9 experimental participants (age 65 ± 9.31) and 9 controls (age 67 ± 7.81). Intervention training included 1 hour/5-days a week for 4 weeks. Pre-and post-training neuropsychological measures were utilized as determinants of program success. Results: Compared to controls, the intervention group displayed significant gains on all outcome measures including: global (MMSE, p=.002), language (BN, p=.001), VS (Rey-O, p=.011), memory (HVLT, p=.005), executive function (Animal, p=.001), mood (GDS, p=.020) and functional ability (DAD, p=.008). Conclusion: VS/VM cognitive training results in improved cognition, function and mood beyond the outcomes of traditional intervention alone. Thus, this innovative type of intervention shows promise for revolutionizing current stroke rehabilitation.
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Rizkalla, Mireille Thesis advisor (ths): Tippett, William
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Science (MSc)
Department	Department Psychology
DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.24124/2011/bpgub810
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Dissertations and Theses

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Date Created/Date Issued	2011
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

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Subject Topic	Subject Topic Cerebrovascular disease -- Treatment. Rehabilitation. Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Medical care.
Library of Congress Classification	Library of Congress Classification RC388.5 .R59 2011

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Extent	Extent Number of pages in document: 114
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Genre	Genre thesis
Language	Language English

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