[Purpose] The purpose of this study is to apply cognitive rehabilitation according to Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients' level of cognitive functioning to compare changes in Cognitive Assessment Reference Diagnosis System performance and present standards for effective intervention. [Subjects] Subjects were 30 inpatients diagnosed with AD. Subjects were grouped by Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)...

The cognitive profile and outcome of Encephalitis Lethargica has not been systematically described in the literature. Treatment has typically focused upon medical management. The first case report of a patient with Encephalitis Lethargica who underwent a systematic programme of cognitive rehabilitation is presented. Initial neuropsychological assessment conducted during her acute presentation i...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of Xueshuan Xinmai tablets (XXMT) for the treatment of cognition, brain activation in the rehabilitation period of ischemic stroke patients. METHODS 28 adults patients, aged 50-80 years, in the rehabilitation period of ischemic stroke were divided into XXMT treatment group and placebo control group. Patients received 3 months trea...

Memory disorders are among the most frequent and most debilitating cognitive impairments following acquired brain damage. Cognitive remediation strategies attempt to restore lost memory capacity, provide compensatory techniques or teach the use of external memory aids. Memory rehabilitation has strongly been influenced by memory theory, and the interaction between both has stimulated the develo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the inter-rater reliability of a new apraxia test. Furthermore to examine the association of apraxia with other neuropsychological impairments and the prevalence of apraxia in a rehabilitation setting on the basis of the new test. DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort study, involving 100 patients with a first stroke admitted to a rehabilitation centre in the Netherlands. M...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly results in residual memory difficulties. Such deficits are amenable to cognitive rehabilitation, but optimal selection of rehabilitation interventions remains a challenge. We hypothesized that diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) could be used to predict which individuals were likely to benefit from a specific memory rehabilitation intervention. Thirty-seven indi...

Rashmi Gupta, Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India, email: [email protected]. Autobiographical memory is the ability to remember past events from one’s own life. Although personal memories have always been a topic of interest among nonspecialists, they also have been the subject of several interesting psychological studies. One reas...