Motor and cognitive ability are compromised in the post-stroke state. They can be separately examined, although there is an equipment (exergaming), where the cognitive and the motor deterioration can be detected at the same time. The global disability can be objectively measured by the reaction times of dual task performances, the hits and misses of the games. However, it is unknown, how the parameters of dual-task tests will be changed in the different state of severity of post-stroke. Our study will focus on the patients’ groups without paresis and with paresis. The cognitive disability can be purely detected in the post-stroke group without paresis, while the cognitive and the motor disability in the post-stroke group with paresis.
Every patient with post-stroke state (from 18 to 80 years old) can be involved with no joint problems, fluent aphasia or dementia. They will be divided into two groups according to the severity of their paresis. Comparison will be made between them and with the age matched healthy controls. The participants will be trained with dual- task-tests for five consecutive days. The results will be analyzed every day. The measurements will be repeated after one month.
By the end of the study, we can make a conclusion, about the influence of the dual-task activitieson post-stroke state, about their concurrent indication of the cognitive deterioration, and the motor and cognitive impairment. It is an exciting question, whether a short term training can influence the decayed performances by dual-task activities in the post-stroke state. It may be a new and effective method of improving the global disability.
The study carried out from 1st of January, 2021 to 31st of December, 2023. Place of the study is the Institute of Neurorehabilitation, Sopron, Hungary. There is no funding. The main contact is Judit Málly.