Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Sixty patients with PD were enrolled in this study and were randomly divided into control group (CG) and experimental group (EG). Each participant was evaluated at the beginning (T0) and at the end of training (T1). The CG underwent standard cognitive training (SCT) while EG performed CACR using the ERICA platform, aimed at improving several cognitive domains. In both the group, each training consisted of 3 sessions a week, each of these lasting sixty minutes, for eight weeks. RESULTS: Although both the groups had significant improvement after CR, we observed more significant changes in the EG, especially concerning attention, orientation and visual-spatial domains. CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate that CACR is more effective than SCT in improving visual-spatial and executive deficits, in patients affected by PD.
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Authors | Rosaria De Luca, Desiree Latella, Maria Grazia Maggio, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Giuseppa Maresca, Francesca Sciarrone, David Militi, Placido Bramanti, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò |
Journal | NeuroRehabilitation
(NeuroRehabilitation)
Vol. 45
Issue 2
Pg. 285-290
( 2019)
ISSN: 1878-6448 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 31498141
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Topics |
- Attention
- Cognition
- Executive Function
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurological Rehabilitation
(instrumentation, methods)
- Parkinson Disease
(rehabilitation)
- Spatial Behavior
- Therapy, Computer-Assisted
(instrumentation, methods)
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