[Interindividual variability in patients with visuospatial neglect: a retrospective study].

Introduction: Patients who have suffered a stroke may present with visuospatial neglect (VSN). In clinical practice, different degrees of impairment can be observed among patients with VSN; however, there is no consensus regarding the criteria and tests used to determine them.

Aim: This study aims to classify patients with VSH based on their level of impairment and to study their response to computerized cognitive training.

[Predictors of the duration of post-traumatic amnesia following traumatic brain injury].

Introduction: The duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) helps estimate the level of recovery following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Yet, little information is available about which sociodemographic and clinical variables influence its duration. This study aims to identify them and create a predictive model that makes it possible to estimate the time it takes for a patient to emerge from PTA.

Rehabilitation of social cognition impairment after traumatic brain injury: a systematic review.

Introduction: Many studies have described the presence of difficulty processing and generating social behaviour in patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). These difficulties in social cognition (SC) deteriorate personal relationships in the family, at work, or in the community. However, therapeutic programmes aiming to improve SC continue to be an outstanding issue in clinical practice.

Social, Academic, and Health Status Impact of Long COVID on Children and Young People: An Observational, Descriptive, and Longitudinal Cohort Study.

There is a lack of evidence of the health impacts due to long COVID among children and young people (CYP). The objective of this study is to determine the main clinical characteristics of long COVID in CYP and to investigate the academic, social, and health status impacts of long COVID in this population. An observational, descriptive, and longitudinal study on CYP who presented COVID-19 symptoms for more than twelve weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection was performed between December 2020 and May 2021.

Functional improvement in chronic stroke patients when following a supervised home-based computerized cognitive training.

Background: Computerized Cognitive Training (CCT) is an effective treatment for cognitive impairment in the post-acute stage of stroke. However, it is still not clear if it is suitable for chronic stage.

Objectives: To explore if patients with cognitive deficit following stroke may benefit from CCT.

Neuropsychological rehabilitation for post-COVID-19 syndrome: results of a clinical programme and six-month follow up.

Introduction: Patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome may present cognitive and emotional symptomatology. This study aims to analyse the results of an outpatient neuropsychological intervention programme for post-COVID-19 syndrome.

Method: In June 2020 Institut Guttmann started an outpatient post-COVID-19 neurorehabilitation programme, including respiratory therapy, physiotherapy, and neuropsychological rehabilitation.

[Neuropsychological rehabilitation for post-COVID-19 syndrome: Results of a clinical program and six-month follow up.].

Introduction: Patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome may present cognitive and emotional symptomatology. This study aims to analyse the results of an outpatient neuropsychological intervention program for post-COVID-19 syndrome.

Method: In June 2020 Institut Guttmann started an outpatient post-COVID-19 neurorehabilitation program, including respiratory therapy, physiotherapy, and neuropsychological rehabilitation.

[Use of immersive virtual reality for cognitive rehabilitation of patients with brain injury].

Introduction: Virtual reality (VR) is a therapeutic tool that is widely used in the cognitive rehabilitation of brain-damaged patients. Depending on the degree of immersiveness, a distinction can be made between non-immersive, semi-immersive and immersive VR. Studies assessing the utility of VR have focused on the non-immersive and semi-immersive modes.

Computerized social cognitive training in the subacute phase after traumatic brain injury: A quasi-randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To assess the usefulness of a computerized tasks module designed for the rehabilitation of social cognition (SC) in acquired brain injury.

Methods: Quasi-randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT03479970) involving 45 patients with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a subacute inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

[Non-pharmacological intervention in post-traumatic amnesia, a systematic review].

Introduction: Survivors of traumatic brain injury may experience a transient state of confusion and global disturbance of cognitive-behavioural functioning called post-traumatic amnesia.

Aim: To describe the characteristics, methodological quality and main results of studies that have analysed the impact of non-pharmacological interventions in the treatment of symptoms associated with post-traumatic amnesia.

Patients And Methods: Following the PRISMA guidelines, a literature search was carried out on papers published in the PubMed and PsycInfo databases over the last 20 years (2000-2020).

Social and nonsocial cognition: Are they linked? A study on patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury.

Objectives: The first aim was to study the relationship between Social Cognition (SC) and nonsocial Cognition (n-SC) measures in a group of patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) to assess the dependence or independence of both types of cognition. The second aim was to explore the relationships between SC measures and generate a model based on the results of these relationships.

Methods And Procedures: Forty-three subacute patients with TBI were included in the study.

A Positive Relationship between Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Function after Stroke: Dynamic Proxies Correlate Better than Static Proxies.

Objectives: How brain damage after stroke is related to specific clinical manifestation and recovery is incompletely understood. We studied cognitive reserve (CR) in stroke patients by two types of measurements: (i) objectively verifiable static proxies (i.e.

Rehabilitation of social cognition impairment after traumatic brain injury: A systematic review.

Introduction: Many studies have described the presence of difficulty processing and generating social behaviour in patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). These difficulties in social cognition (SC) deteriorate personal relationships in the family, at work, or in the community. However, therapeutic programmes aiming to improve SC continue to be an outstanding issue in clinical practice.

A customized home-based computerized cognitive rehabilitation platform for patients with chronic-stage stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Stroke patients usually suffer primary cognitive impairment related to attention, memory, and executive functions. This impairment causes a negative impact on the quality of life of patients and their families, and may be long term. Cognitive rehabilitation has been shown to be an effective way to treat cognitive impairment and should be continued after hospital discharge.

Visual search in unilateral spatial neglect: The effects of distractors on a dynamic visual search task.

The objective of this study was to examine visual scanning performance in patients with Unilateral Spatial Neglect (USN) in a visual search task. Thirty-one right hemisphere stroke patients with USN were recruited. They performed a dynamic visual search task with two conditions, with and without distractors, while eye movements were monitored with an eye-tracker.

Combination treatment in the rehabilitation of visuo-spatial neglect.

Background: Visuo-spatial neglect predicts longer hospitalization, poorer recovery of motor skills and greater functional limitation. The aim of the present study was to analyze whether the combined administration of computerized cognitive rehabilitation with right hemifield eye-patching in patients with left spatial neglect following a right hemisphere stroke is more effective than computerized cognitive rehabilitation applied in isolation.

Method: Randomized clinical trial conducted in 28 patients.

Cognitive rehabilitation with right hemifield eye-patching for patients with sub-acute stroke and visuo-spatial neglect: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess whether, following a right-hemisphere stroke, the combined administration of computer-based cognitive rehabilitation and right hemifield eye-patching in patients with visuo-spatial neglect is more effective than computer-based cognitive rehabilitation alone.

Methods: Twelve patients were randomized into two treatment groups: a single treatment group (n = 7) and a combination treatment group (n = 5). In both cases, the treatment consisted of a mean number of 15 sessions, each lasting 1 hour.

[Neuropsychotherapy in brain injury rehabilitation].

Introduction: Persons who have suffered brain damage can experience a wide range of cognitive, behavioural and emotional disorders. However, neuropsychological rehabilitation usually focuses, almost exclusively, on the cognitive deficits and pays very little attention to the emotional challenges associated with the psychological impact of the lesion. It is in this more personal side of brain damage where neuropsychotherapy can be of great aid to facilitate the process of acceptance and adaptation following a neurological lesion.

[Interindividual variability in recovery after traumatic brain injury: effect of cognitive reserve].

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of cognitive reserve in recovery after a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Different authors proposed that this construct might account for the mismatch between TBI severity, its clinical expression, and subsequent recovery.

Patients And Method: Eighty-four patients who sustained moderate-to-severe TBI participated in the study.

[Maturation of the prefrontal cortex and development of the executive functions during the first five years of life].

Introduction: The first five years of life are critical in the development of the executive functions. The changes that are seen to take place in executive competence and capacity are closely related to the maturational processes of the prefrontal cortex.

Development: Evidence gathered over the past three decades indicates that executive functioning begins to develop earlier than was previously believed.