Goal Management Training for rehabilitation of executive functions: A systematic review of effectivness in patients with acquired brain injury

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-116

  Krasny Pacini, Agata ^a,b,c   Chevignard, Mathilde ^c,d   Evans, Jonathan ^e  

^a University Rehabilitation Center Clemenceau   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hopitaux de Saint Maurice   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cognitive rehabilitation; Cueing; Dysexecutive syndrome; Executive functions; Frontal functions; Generalization; Goal neglect; Memory; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GOALS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888332351     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.777807     Document Type: Review

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