Effects of lexical-semantic treatment on memory in early alzheimer disease: An observer-blinded randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 949-956

  Jelcic, Nela ^a   Cagnin, Annachiara ^a   Meneghello, Francesca ^b   Turolla, Andrea ^b   Ermani, Mario ^a   Dam, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer diseaSe; cognitive stimulation; lexical semantic rehabilitation; mild cognitive impairment; working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOSTON NAMING TEST; BRIEF STORY RECALL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; LEXICAL SEMANTIC STIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONEMIC AND SEMANTIC FLUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STROOP TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTRUCTURED COGNITIVE STIMULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL NAMING TEST; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84866288713     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312440146     Document Type: Article

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