Efficacy of cognitive intervention in stroke: A long road ahead

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-152

  Paiva, Sílvia ^a   Magalhães, Rosana ^a   Alves, Jorge ^a   Sampaio, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Cognitive intervention; Efficacy; Feasibility; Meta analysis; Stroke; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84954410618     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-150590     Document Type: Article

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