Compensatory and Restorative Rehabilitation Techniques in Stroke

Stroke is a prevalent medical neurological condition that often results in cognitive impairments, particularly in the domain of executive functions. Cognitive impairment has a significant impact on executive function in stroke subjects. Cognitive impairment on the stroke survivor exist on any single domain such as attention, spatial ability, language and executive ability more frequently than the multiple domains.

Cognitive training has been shown to be beneficial for rehabilitation of patients with cognitive impairment, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

The combination of restorative and compensatory rehabilitation techniques is beneficial for gaining control over cognitive rehabilitation techniques will improve executive functions. The retention effects evaluated additionally will add a broad insight in this regard. It will improve the learning power of brain through neural plasticity. This leads to restoration of everyday functioning. This study aims to investigate the effects of two distinct rehabilitation approaches on the executive functions of stroke survivors with MCI. Understanding how these rehabilitation strategies impact cognitive recovery is essential for individuals living with post-stroke cognitive impairments.

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 50 and 70 years
• Both Genders
• Individuals diagnosed with stroke 6 months before enrollment
• Minimum 6 years of schooling
• Patients with mild cognitive impairment (score 18-25 on MOCA)
• Individuals able to maintain sitting and standing balance (score 41 on berg balance scale)

Exclusion criteria

• >10 on post stroke depression rating scale (PSDRS)
• Spasticity (>3 on Ashworth scale)
• Other psychological disorders
• Patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia