Neurological Disorders

Bern University, Switzerland

Publications

• Research   
  The Effects of Cognitive Training of Prefrontal Functions in Patients with Parkinsons Disease
  Author(s): Martina Piefke*, Hannah Vogel and Stefan Troche
  
  The treatment of cognitive impairments in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) poses a challenge on the therapy of the disorder. The current study examines the effects of a computer based cognitive training in patients with PD. 13 individuals with PD (3 females, 10 males) and 16 healthy controls (8 females, 8 males) participated in the study. They underwent a 6 week cognitive rehabilitation program, focusing on attention, working memory, and executive functions. We measured (i) pre and post-training cognitive performance with standard neuropsychological tests and (ii) improvement in the training tasks across the intervention. In both groups, performance improved significantly within all training modules (p<.001). A significant increase of performance was evident from pre to post-intervention untrained neuropsychological measures of working memory (p<.001). Moreover, c.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6895.10.6.499

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