@article{ref1,
title="The role of cognitive training in the neurorehabilitation of a patient who survived a lightning strike. A case study",
journal="NeuroRehabilitation",
year="2014",
author="Tánczos, Tímea and Zádori, Dénes and Jakab, Katalin and Hnyilicza, Zsuzsanna and Klivényi, Péter and Keresztes, László and Engelhardt, József and Nemeth, Dezso and Vécsei, László",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="137-146",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Lightning-related injuries most often involve impairment of the functions of the central and peripheral nervous systems, usually including cognitive dysfunctions. We evaluated the cognitive deficit of a patient who had survived a lightning strike and measured the improvement after her cognitive training. This therapeutic method appears to be a powerful tool in the neurorehabilitation treatment. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The aim of this case study was to prove the beneficial effects of cognitive training as part of the neurorehabilitation after a lightning strike. <br><br>METHODS: Six neuropsychological functions were examined in order to test the cognitive status of the patient before and after the 2-month cognitive training: phonological short-term memory (digit span test and word repetitions test), visuo-spatial short-term memory (Corsi Block Tapping Test), working memory (backward digit span test and listening span test), executive functions (letter and semantic fluencies), language functions (non-word repetition test, Pléh-Palotás-Lörik (PPL) test and sentence repetition test) and episodic memory (Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test and Mini Mental State Examination). We also utilized these tests in aged-matched healthy individuals so as to be able to characterize the domains of the observed improvements more precisely. <br><br>RESULTS: The patient exhibited a considerable improvement in the backward digit span, semantic fluency, non-word repetition, PPL, sentence repetition and Rivermead Behavioral Memory tests. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The cognitive training played an important role in the neurorehabilitation treatment of this lightning injury patient. It considerably improved her quality of life through the functional recovery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8135",
doi="10.3233/NRE-141106",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NRE-141106"
}