title: Training of selective attention in work-active stroke patients.
abstract: The aim was to examine the effects of computer-based cognitive rehabilitation of attention in work-active patients after stroke. The study included 11 patients treated as inpatients at the University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia, who were included in intensive selective attention training four times a week for 3 months. Each patient was assessed at the initial and the final rehabilitation stage with the TAP system (Test of Attentional Performance), alertness, and divided attention tasks. The results indicate a moderate to strong increase in performance on the divided attention test and a mild effect on the alertness test. Early cognitive rehabilitation of the attentional system can contribute toward recovery of divided attention in work-active patients after stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department for Rehabilitation of Patients after Stroke, University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia - SOČA, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Starovasnik Žagavec
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mlinarič Lešnik
authors.forename: Nika
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goljar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D017524:Slovenia; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted