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Effect ofWorking Memory Training System onWorking Memory Impairment after Brain Injury

XUE Cui-ping1,2, YUN Xiao-ping1,3, ZHANG Yi4, YAO Qiu-jin4, NIU Xiu-ru5   

  1. 1. Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing 100068, China; 2. Department of Rehabilitation Evaluation and Therapy, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100144, China; 3. Department of Rehabilitation Evaluation, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Centre, Beijing 100068, China; 4. Department of Neurosurgery, the First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China; 5. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Longfu Hospital, Beijing 100010, China
  • Published:2016-05-25 Online:2016-07-04

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Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of Working Memory Training System on working memory impairment after brain injury. Methods From November, 2013 to March, 2015, 20 patients of brain injury with impairment of working memory were divided into training group (n=10) and control group (n=10). The training group was trained with the Working Memory Training System for four weeks, while the control group did not accept any cognitive rehabilitation. They were tested with digital forwards/backwards, space forwards/backwards, n-back test and Everyday Memory Questionnaire before and after training. Results All of the tests improved more in the training group than in the control group (Z>2.014, P<0.05), except that of digital forwards, as well as the score of Everyday Memory Questionnaire (Z=1.970, P=0.049). Conclusion Application of Working Memory Training System can improve the ability of memory in patients with brain injury, both the working memory and everyday memory.

Key words: Working Memory Training System, brain injury, working memory, everyday memory