Brain training improves recovery after stroke but waiting list improves equally: A multicenter randomized controlled trial of a computerbased cognitive flexibility training

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Van De Ven, Renate M ^a   Buitenweg, Jessika I V ^a   Schmand, Ben ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^b   Aaronson, Justine A ^c   Nijboer, Tanja C W ^d,e   Kruiper Doesborgh, Suzanne J C ^f   Van Bennekom, Coen A M ^c   Rasquin, Sascha M C ^g   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^a   Murre, Jaap M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Center Heliomare   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Institute   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; STRESS; STROKE PATIENT; STUDY DESIGN; VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE REHABILITATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); WAITING LISTS;

EID: 85014424903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172993     Document Type: Article

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