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(The role of physical exercises in the improvement of cognitive functions in patients who survived stroke, in the early rehabilitative period) [Russian]
Boiko EA, Kulishova TV, Shumakher GI, Yusupkhodzhaev RV
Voprosy Kurortologii, Fizioterapii i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury [Problems of Health Resorts, Physiotherapy and Exercise Therapy] 2008;85(6):9-12
clinical trial
2/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: No; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficacy of a complex of physical therapy exercises "Brain gymnastics" in post-stroke patients. Eighty three such patients enrolled in the study were randomly allocated to two groups. The program of physical rehabilitation for patients comprising one group (n = 41) included regular exercises with elements of "brain gymnastics" whereas patients of the other group (n = 41) received standard rehabilitative treatment. Patients of group 1 enjoyed improvement of cognitive functions, mood, and quality of life. Disturbances of short-term memory and voluntary attention were partly corrected, astheno-neurotic reactions and manifestations of advantage by illness became less apparent than in the control group while the level of self-assessment increased. None of the patients in group 1 exhibited undesirable reactions to the offered treatment.

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