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PC-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for TBI
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Digit span testing, Spatial span testing, and 8 other interventions for Traumatic Brain Injury. Completed, enrolled 265 participants.
Detailed Summary
The investigators evaluated whether it was possible to improve the measurement of memory, attention, and executive function in patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury through the use of computer-based testing. Note: the original design of the study was altered due to failure to recruit sufficient numbers of patients who were willing to undergo prolonged cognitive training.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Testing of short-term verbal memory with digit span
Testing of short-term visuospatial memory with spatial span.
Testing motor speed with a finger tapping test.
Testing the time to respond to the appearance of a visual stimulus.
Testing the time needed to discriminate and respond to different visual stimuli.
Evaluating how many words are produced in 90s.
Evaluating short-term memory, learning, and memory interference in the recall of 12-word lists, presented three times. Evaluating long-term memory and recognition after a 20 min interval.
Evaluating visuomotor speed and executive function in Trail Making Tests, A and B. In the first, subjects connect successive numbers with the mouse. In the second, they connect numbers and letters in alternation.
Subjects create the maximal number of 4-line patterns in 90 s.
Question completion time is measured on each question of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder check list (PCL) and on the cognitive failures questionnaire.