Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function in Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

Since your doctor is obviously rigorously following all stroke research s/he does not need this review on cognition. But in case s/he doesn't then you could train them on the finer points. Your doctor is really good if they are keeping up with 4931 articles. Send your doctor after what the computerized rehabilitation protocols are.

http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26709580
(PMID:26709580)
VA Boston Healthcare System, Psychology Research Service (Dr Bogdanova and Mss Yee and Ho); and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine (Dr Bogdanova and Ms Ho), and Boston University School of Public Health (Ms Yee), Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Neuropsychology, JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, New Jersey (Dr Cicerone); and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Edison, New Jersey (Dr Cicerone).
Type: Journal Article
Abstract Highlight Terms
Comprehensive review of the use of computerized treatment as a rehabilitation tool for attention and executive function in adults (aged 18 years or older) who suffered an acquired brain injury.Systematic review of empirical research.Two reviewers independently assessed articles using the methodological quality criteria of Cicerone et al. Data extracted included sample size, diagnosis, intervention information, treatment schedule, assessment methods, and outcome measures.A literature review (PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid, Cochrane, PsychINFO, CINAHL) generated a total of 4931 publications. Twenty-eight studies using computerized cognitive interventions targeting attention and executive functions were included in this review. In 23 studies, significant improvements in attention and executive function subsequent to training were reported; in the remaining 5, promising trends were observed.Preliminary evidence suggests improvements in cognitive function following computerized rehabilitation for acquired brain injury populations including traumatic brain injury and stroke. Further studies are needed to address methodological issues (eg, small sample size, inadequate control groups) and to inform development of guidelines and standardized protocols.
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