Abstract | BACKGROUND: Lightning-related injuries most often involve impairment of the functions of the central and peripheral nervous systems, usually including cognitive dysfunctions. We evaluated the cognitive deficit of a patient who had survived a lightning strike and measured the improvement after her cognitive training. This therapeutic method appears to be a powerful tool in the neurorehabilitation treatment. OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Six neuropsychological functions were examined in order to test the cognitive status of the patient before and after the 2-month cognitive training: phonological short-term memory (digit span test and word repetitions test), visuo-spatial short-term memory (Corsi Block Tapping Test), working memory (backward digit span test and listening span test), executive functions (letter and semantic fluencies), language functions (non-word repetition test, Pléh-Palotás-Lörik (PPL) test and sentence repetition test) and episodic memory (Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test and Mini Mental State Examination). We also utilized these tests in aged-matched healthy individuals so as to be able to characterize the domains of the observed improvements more precisely. RESULTS: The patient exhibited a considerable improvement in the backward digit span, semantic fluency, non-word repetition, PPL, sentence repetition and Rivermead Behavioral Memory tests. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Tímea Tánczos, Dénes Zádori, Katalin Jakab, Zsuzsanna Hnyilicza, Péter Klivényi, László Keresztes, József Engelhardt, Dezső Németh, László Vécsei |
Journal | NeuroRehabilitation
(NeuroRehabilitation)
Vol. 35
Issue 1
Pg. 137-46
( 2014)
ISSN: 1878-6448 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 24990020
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cognition Disorders
(diagnosis, psychology, rehabilitation)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Lightning Injuries
(diagnosis, psychology, rehabilitation)
- Survivors
(psychology)
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