A rehabilitation tool designed for intensive web-based cognitive training: Description and usability study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cruz, Vítor Tedim ^a,b   Pais, Joana ^a   Bento, Virgílio ^a,c   Mateus, Cátia ^a   Colunas, Márcio ^a   Alves, Ivânia ^a   Coutinho, Paula ^d   Rocha, Nelson Pacheco ^b  

^a Hospital So Sebastio   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Cognitive training; EHealth systems; Neurorehabilitation; Usability test; Web based applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099678648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2899     Document Type: Article

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