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P2‐014: STRATEGIC MEMORY ALZHEIMERS REHABILITATION TRAINING (SMART) MEMORY PROGRAM FOR AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (AMCI): REPORTING THE RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
Author(s) -
DenBoer John William
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.698
Subject(s) - dementia , randomized controlled trial , cognition , cognitive training , life expectancy , population , psychology , gerontology , intervention (counseling) , cognitive rehabilitation therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , disease , environmental health , surgery , pathology
level) 15, severe stage (dementia at TDR-3 level) – 11. Conservative treatment (Memantine or Rivastigmine). Results: In the Test Group, all 48 (100%) patients showed improvement in cerebral microcirculation and 10-20% increase in cerebral temporal lobes volume, which indicated development of cerebral reparative processes and neurogenesis. The process was accompanied by decrease in dementia level and cognitive functions restoration.