Feasibility and efficacy of cognitive telerehabilitation in early Alzheimer’s disease: A pilot study

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 1605-1611

  Jelcic, Nela ^a   Agostini, Michela ^a   Meneghello, Francesca ^a   Bussè, Cinzia ^b   Parise, Sara ^b   Galano, Antonietta ^b   Tonin, Paolo ^a   Dam, Mauro ^a   Cagnin, Annachiara ^a,b  

^a San Camillo Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Telecommunication; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONEME; PILOT STUDY; RECALL; REHABILITATION CARE; SEMANTICS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECONFERENCE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEREHABILITATION; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907662141     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S68145     Document Type: Article

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