COVID-19: Patient Characteristics in the First Phase of Postintensive Care Rehabilitation.

Objective: To describe clinical characteristics of patients after intensive care unit (ICU) treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were admitted for inpatient rehabilitation.

Design: A cross-sectional design.

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation care in the Netherlands.

Caregivers' effects of augmented cognitive-behavioural therapy for post-stroke depressive symptoms in patients: secondary analyses to a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate the concomitant effects of two patient-directed interventions for post-stroke depressive symptoms on caregivers' well-being.

Design: Secondary analyses of the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Subjects: Fifty caregivers of stroke patients receiving outpatient rehabilitation.

The immediate influence of implicit motor learning strategies on spatiotemporal gait parameters in stroke patients: a randomized within-subjects design.

Objectives:: To investigate immediate changes in walking performance associated with three implicit motor learning strategies and to explore patient experiences of each strategy.

Design:: Participants were randomly allocated to one of three implicit motor learning strategies. Within-group comparisons of spatiotemporal parameters at baseline and post strategy were performed.

Effectiveness and feasibility of Socratic feedback to increase awareness of deficits in patients with acquired brain injury: Four single-case experimental design (SCED) studies.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness and feasibility of a Socratic feedback programme to improve awareness of deficits in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Setting: Rehabilitation centre.

Participants: Four patients with ABI with awareness problems.

Cognitive impairments and subjective cognitive complaints after survival of cardiac arrest: A prospective longitudinal cohort study.

Background: Cardiac arrest can lead to hypoxic brain injury, which can affect cognitive functioning.

Objective: To investigate the course of objective and subjective cognitive functioning and their association during the first year after cardiac arrest.

Methods: A multi-centre prospective longitudinal cohort study with one year follow-up (measurements at two weeks, three months and one year).

Exploring the feasibility and usability of the experience sampling method to examine the daily lives of patients with acquired brain injury.

The experience sampling method (ESM) is a structured diary method with high ecological validity, in that it accurately captures the everyday context of individuals through repeated measurements in naturalistic environments. Our main objective was to investigate the feasibility of using ESM in individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI). A second goal was to explore the usability of ESM data on a clinical level, by illustrating the interactions between person, environment, and affect.

Brain training improves recovery after stroke but waiting list improves equally: A multicenter randomized controlled trial of a computer-based cognitive flexibility training.

Background: Brain training is currently widely used in an attempt to improve cognitive functioning. Computer-based training can be performed at home and could therefore be an effective add-on to available rehabilitation programs aimed at improving cognitive functioning. Several studies have reported cognitive improvements after computer training, but most lacked proper active and passive control conditions.

The impact of cardiac arrest on the long-term wellbeing and caregiver burden of family caregivers: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: The purpose was to gain insight in the functioning of caregivers of cardiac arrest survivors at 12 months after a cardiac arrest. Secondly, the course of the wellbeing of the caregivers during the first year was studied. Finally, factors that are associated with a higher care burden at 12 months after the cardiac arrest were investigated.

Augmented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Poststroke Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of individually tailored cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for reducing depressive symptoms with or without anxiety poststroke.

Design: Multicenter, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Ambulatory rehabilitation setting.

Risk Factors for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety One Year Poststroke: A Longitudinal Study.

Objective: To estimate the relative contribution of psychological factors next to sociodemographic and premorbid/stroke-related factors to the risk of developing symptoms of depression and anxiety after stroke.

Design: Multicenter, longitudinal cohort study.

Setting: Patients after stroke from 6 general hospitals.

Screening Poststroke Fatigue; Feasibility and Validation of an Instrument for the Screening of Poststroke Fatigue throughout the Rehabilitation Process.

Objective: Our objective is to investigate the feasibility and validity of a new instrument to screen for determinants of poststroke fatigue during the rehabilitation process.

Design And Setting: This prospective cohort study was conducted within the stroke department of a rehabilitation center.

Participants: The participants in the study were postacute adult stroke patients.

Multidisciplinary Views on Applying Explicit and Implicit Motor Learning in Practice: An International Survey.

Background: A variety of options and techniques for causing implicit and explicit motor learning have been described in the literature. The aim of the current paper was to provide clearer guidance for practitioners on how to apply motor learning in practice by exploring experts' opinions and experiences, using the distinction between implicit and explicit motor learning as a conceptual departure point.

Methods: A survey was designed to collect and aggregate informed opinions and experiences from 40 international respondents who had demonstrable expertise related to motor learning in practice and/or research.

Can the Montreal Cognitive Assessment predict discharge destination in a stroke population in the hospital?

Background: To decide on an appropriate discharge destination for stroke survivors from hospital, factors such as activities of daily living and age are often taken into account as predictors. Cognition has been found to support the decision whether to send a patient home or to a dependent living situation. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) has been proven to be a suitable cognitive screening instrument in the acute phase after stroke.

An augmented cognitive behavioural therapy for treating post-stroke depression: description of a treatment protocol.

Aim: Currently, no evidence-based treatment is available for mood problems after stroke. We present a new psychological intervention designed to reduce depressive complaints after stroke.

Method Of Protocol Development: This intervention was based on cognitive behavioural therapy principles and was shown feasible in a pilot study.

Using a Delphi technique to seek consensus regarding definitions, descriptions and classification of terms related to implicit and explicit forms of motor learning.

Background: Motor learning is central to domains such as sports and rehabilitation; however, often terminologies are insufficiently uniform to allow effective sharing of experience or translation of knowledge. A study using a Delphi technique was conducted to ascertain level of agreement between experts from different motor learning domains (i.e.

Treatment of unawareness of deficits in patients with acquired brain injury: a systematic review.

Objective: To review and evaluate the effectiveness and methodological quality of available treatment methods for unawareness of deficits after acquired brain injury (ABI).

Methods: Systematic literature search for treatment studies for unawareness of deficits after ABI. Information concerning study content and reported effectiveness was extracted.

Terminology, taxonomy, and facilitation of motor learning in clinical practice: protocol of a delphi study.

Background: Facilitating motor learning in patients during clinical practice is complex, especially in people with cognitive impairments. General principles of motor learning are available for therapists to use in their practice. However, the translation of evidence from the different fields of motor learning for use in clinical practice is problematic due to lack of uniformity in definition and taxonomy of terms related to motor learning.

The effectiveness of an augmented cognitive behavioural intervention for post-stroke depression with or without anxiety (PSDA): the Restore4Stroke-PSDA trial.

Background: Post-Stroke Depression with or without Anxiety (PSDA) is a common disorder in the chronic phase of stroke. Neuropsychiatric problems, such as PSDA, have a negative impact on social reintegration and quality of life. Currently, there is no evidence-based treatment available for reducing PSDA symptoms.

Development and validity of the Brain Injury Alert (BI Alert) screening tool for cognitive, emotional and social problems after paediatric acquired brain injury.

Purpose: Validation of a new screening tool, viz., the Brain Injury Alert (BI Alert) for identification of cognitive and emotional problems after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children.

Methods: Parents and teachers of children with TBI as well as controls were interviewed using the BI Alert.

Motor imagery in patients with a right hemisphere stroke and unilateral neglect.

Introduction: In the last decade new treatments based on mental imagery have been developed for patients with stroke. Whether this therapy works for patients with neglect is currently unclear.

Objective: To investigate whether patients with a right hemisphere stoke complicated with unilateral neglect were less capable of performing motor imagery as compared to patients with a right hemisphere stroke without unilateral neglect.

Cognitive functioning in the acute phase poststroke: a predictor of discharge destination?

Cognitive dysfunction occurs in more than half of stroke survivors and can have far-reaching consequences for functioning in daily life. Assessment of cognitive function can play a major role in determining the appropriate discharge destination after a hospital stay. The present study aimed to determine the feasibility of cognitive screening in the acute phase poststroke and to investigate whether this cognitive screening can accurately predict discharge destination to either a dependent or an independent living situation.

How predictive is the MMSE for cognitive performance after stroke?

Cognitive deficits are commonly observed in stroke patients. Neuropsychological testing is time-consuming and not easy to administer after hospital discharge. Standardised screening measures are desirable.

The association between psychiatric and cognitive symptoms after stroke: a prospective study.

Background: Stroke patients often have neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive deficits. The aim of this study was to investigate whether stroke patients with psychiatric symptoms are at increased risk of developing cognitive deficits.

Methods: Cognitive function (assessed with a neuropsychological test battery) and presence of psychiatric symptoms (assessed with the 90-item Symptom Checklist) were evaluated at 1, 6, 12 and 24 months after stroke.

Cognitive functioning after stroke: a one-year follow-up study.

Cognitive disorders after stroke are one of the main causes of disability in daily activities. The main aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of post-stroke dementia, post-stroke mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and post-stroke amnestic MCI at different times after first-ever stroke; 196 patients were included in the study. In addition, cognitive disorders and their clinical course were studied.