Transfer effects of a cognitive strategy training for stroke patients with apraxia

• Published in: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2007-11, Vol.29 (8), p.831-841
• Main Authors: Geusgens, C. A. V., van Heugten, C. M., Cooijmans, J. P. J., Jolles, J., van den Heuvel, W. J. A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Aged; Apraxias - etiology; Apraxias - rehabilitation; Biological and medical sciences; Cognitive Therapy - methods; Disability Evaluation; Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Occupational Therapy - methods; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stroke - complications; Stroke Rehabilitation; Transfer (Psychology); Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
• ISSN: 1380-3395; 1744-411X
• DOI: 10.1080/13803390601125971

The objective of this study was to evaluate transfer effects of cognitive strategy training for stroke patients with apraxia. During 8 weeks, 29 apraxic patients received cognitive strategy training to teach them how to perform activities of daily living (ADL) as independently as possible. ADL functioning was assessed at the rehabilitation centre at baseline and after 8 weeks of training. In addition, assessment took place at the patients' own homes after 8 weeks of training and 5 months after the start of the training. The performance of both trained and nontrained tasks was observed. Patients performed trained tasks and nontrained tasks at the same level of independency at the rehabilitation centre as well as at home, indicating transfer of training effects. These effects turned out to be stable over time.