[Effectiveness of neuropsychological rehabilitation in acquired brain injury (I): attention, processing speed, memory and language].
BACKGROUND
The consequences of acquired brain injury include impairments in cognition, emotion, and behaviour. Neuro-psychology provides techniques for treating these disorders, but it is still important to establish which of all the available tools are most effective for this purpose.


METHODS
This article reviews existing studies on the effectiveness of neuropsychological rehabilitation, focusing on those areas more often impaired due to acquired brain injury. The purpose of the article is to guide and orient neuro-psychological rehabilitation of these patients based on the strongest evidence available in the literature. This paper focuses on cognitive domains such as attention and neglect, memory and language.


CONCLUSIONS
There is enough evidence to recommend the neuropsychological rehabilitation of the above processes in patients with acquired brain injury.
Red Menni de Servicios de Atención al Daño Cerebral, Hospital Beata María Ana, Madrid. danomart78@gmail.com
David
D
de Noreña
Marcos
M
Ríos-Lago
Igor
I
Bombín-González
Ignacio
I
Sánchez-Cubillo
Alberto
A
García-Molina
Javier
J
Tirapu-Ustárroz
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology*