Mobile Tablet Base Therapies for Cognitive Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients

Abstract

Mobile tablet-based therapies have become an increasingly popular tool for cognitive rehabilitation in stroke patients due to their convenience and accessibility. This research aims to further investigate the potential of Lumosity, a popular mobile tablet-based application, in enhancing cognitive function in stroke patients. To better understand the cognitive difficulties that stroke patients experience, the research also compared cognitive performance between stroke patients and healthy people. To achieve these objectives, three participants were recruited, including one healthy individual and two stroke patients with varying stroke locations and depression statuses. The participants underwent a cognitive assessment before and after a 6-week cognitive training program using Lumosity. The cognitive assessment included speed, memory, attention, and flexibility measures. The study elaborates that both stroke patients demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive function after the training program, particularly in memory and attention tasks. This research shows that Lumosity could work well for stroke patients who need cognitive rehabilitation. In contrast, healthy participants showed stable performance across all cognitive tasks, indicating that Lumosity may not be as useful for healthy individuals. Furthermore, the study identified differences in cognitive performance among stroke patients, potentially related to differences in stroke location and depression status. Overall, this study emphasizes the potential of mobile technology in delivering personalized cognitive rehabilitation programs for stroke patients. The usage of mobile apps like Lumosity, which has the ability to be customized to meet the requirements of individual patients, may be a practical and accessible tool to help stroke patients with their cognitive function. These findings suggest that personalized cognitive rehabilitation programs using mobile technology could be an effective and promising approach to help stroke patients regain cognitive function. On the basis of the psychologist’s evaluation, the MMSE scores of all the subjects are within the normal range. The first subjects’ memory delay is 3%, speed fluency is 28%, attention is 27% and flexibility is 29%. The second subject’s memory delay is 20%, speed fluency is 13%, attention is 10% and flexibility is 1%. The third subject’s memory delay is 29%, speed fluency is 12%, attention is 8% and flexibility is <1%