《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (7): 797-801.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2020.07.012

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Advance in Executive Function for Post-stroke Patients (review)

XIONG Jian1,ZHENG Guo-hua1,2()   

  1. 1. Graduate School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201315, China
    2. College of Nursing and Health Management, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China
  • Received:2019-07-16 Revised:2019-08-22 Published:2020-07-25 Online:2020-07-24
  • Contact: ZHENG Guo-hua E-mail:zhenggh@sumhs.edu.cn

Abstract:

Executive dysfunction is common in stroke patients. Other than the classical assessment tools, there are performance-based assessments for post-stroke executive dysfunction. The related factors include age, infarct region and area, cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and smoking) and education level. In addition to traditional exercise and cognitive rehabilitation, non-invasive brain stimulation technology (transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation), virtual reality and antidepressant have been used more and more for post-stroke executive dysfunction.

Key words: stroke, executive function, related factors, assessment, rehabilitation, review

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