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55. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e. V. (DGNC)
1. Joint Meeting mit der Ungarischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (DGNC) e. V.

25. bis 28.04.2004, Köln

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The remediation of cognitive and behavioural deficits after brain injury: A comparison of different age groups

Die Veränderung kognitiver Defizite und Verhaltensauffälligkeiten nach Hirnschädigung: ein Vergleich verschiedener Altersgruppen

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  • corresponding author Volker Völzke - Klinik Holthausen, Am Hagen 20, 45527 Hattingen
  • W. Ischebeck - Klinik Holthausen, Am Hagen 20, 45527 Hattingen

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Ungarische Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. 55. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie e.V. (DGNC), 1. Joint Meeting mit der Ungarischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie. Köln, 25.-28.04.2004. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2004. DocMO.07.09

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Published: April 23, 2004

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Objective

The medical therapy of old people is, in general, controversially discussed. Limited rehabilitation data concerning the neuropsychological deficits after trauma, stroke or bleeding and their neurosurgical intervention, and following therapy has already been published. We wish to present a rehabilitation study.

Methods

A sample of more than 200 patients was divided into three age groups. All completed a neuropsychological assessment battery (memory, attention, visual perception, executive processes) at the beginning and at the end of our multidisciplinary approach. We analysed the clinical data by analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Results

The rehabilitation started, on average, 3 weeks post trauma or operation. The reaction time (alertness) decreased in all age groups. The patients became more alert. In a selective attention task (GoNogo) patients in all ages profit from our interventions and the verbal memory (learning) capacity increased in all age groups.

Conclusions

In all ages we found good response to our interventions. These results confirmed the necessity and the success of individualized and different neuropsychological therapy in an early phase of neurosurgical rehabilitation in all ages.