Evaluation of cognitive technologies in geriatric rehabilitation: A case study pilot project

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-63

  De Oliveira Assis, Luciana ^a,c   Tirado, Marcella Guimarães Assis ^b   De Melo Pertence, Antônio Eustáquio ^b   Pereira, Leani Souza Máximo ^b   Mancini, Marisa Cotta ^b  

^a FUMEC UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Clinical case study; Cognitive disorders; Geriatric rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAZIL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77954602428     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: 15570703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.290     Document Type: Article

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