Stop of loss of cognitive performance during rehabilitation after total hip arthroplasty-prospective controlled study

Prolonged hospitalization is known to be associated with a loss of cognitive performance. Does playing video games (VGs) developed to improve cognitive properties delay this loss or even lead to an increase in cognitive performance? We performed a 10-day longitudinal study of patients who received t...

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Published in:Journal of rehabilitation research and development 2010-01, Vol.47 (9), p.891-898
Main Authors: Brem, Matthias H, Lehrl, Siegfried, Rein, Anna K, Massute, Sylvia, Schulz-Drost, Stefan, Gelse, Kolja, Schlechtweg, Phillip M, Hennig, Friedrich F, Olk, Alexander, Jacob, Harald J, Gusinde, Johannes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip - rehabilitation
Cognition Disorders - prevention & control
Cognitive psychology
Female
Health aspects
Hospitalization
Humans
Intelligence - physiology
Male
Memory - physiology
Mental Processes - physiology
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Rehabilitation
Video Games
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Summary:Prolonged hospitalization is known to be associated with a loss of cognitive performance. Does playing video games (VGs) developed to improve cognitive properties delay this loss or even lead to an increase in cognitive performance? We performed a 10-day longitudinal study of patients who received total hip arthroplasty. We compared 16 patients (6 male) aged 66 ± 9 years (mean ± standard deviation) who played Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo; Redmond, Washington) on a Nintendo DS handheld console with 16 control patients (6 male) aged 69 ± 14 years. We measured cognitive performance 1 day preoperation, as well as on days 2 and 9 postoperation. With the daily exercise of a specific VG by the play group, the patients' fluid intelligence (median intelligence quotient 99-106), working memory capacity, and rate of information processing significantly improved over the course of 7 postoperative days. The cognitive performance of the control group did not increase. However, the memory spans of both groups did not systematically change. Exercise with VGs can prevent the loss of cognitive performance during prolonged hospitalization.
ISSN:0748-7711
1938-1352
DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2010.01.0011