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- Title
- Examining a visuospatial/visuomotor training program as an intervention to induce cognitive improvement during acute post-stroke recovery.
- Contributors
- Mireille Rizkalla (author), William Tippett (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- 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.
- Discipline
- Psychology
- Date added
- 2017-03-30T17:11:10.139Z
- Title
- Cognitive training in the rural elderly: A randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy and accessibility of a new approach.
- Contributors
- Mireille Rizkalla (author), Cindy Hardy (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
- Abstract
- Background: Cognitive training is an important determinant of successful aging but rural areas of Canada are uniquely deprived from accessing such speciality services. A need exists to examine the application of cognitive training through a rural lens. Objectives: 1. To develop a novel collaborative approach to improving access to cognitive training in rural settings. 2. To evaluate the efficacy of a multicomponent cognitive training program for improving cognition in normal elderly persons ...Conclusion: Results support the efficacy of multicomponent cognitive training in reliably improving targeted and functional abilities. Physicians are critical players to the delivery of regimented cognitive training for older adults both in terms of recruitment and compliance. --Leaf ii.
- Discipline
- Psychology
- Date added
- 2017-04-11T21:14:24.303Z