Influence of complex physical rehabilitation on the dynamics of recovery of cognitive functions in patients who have been cerebral ischemic stroke

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study of the effect of a complex physical rehabilitation on the dynamics of restoration of cognitive impairments in patients in the early recovery period of the cerebral ischemic stroke. The study included 83 patients. All patients under study were distributed to the main group and the comparison group. The average age of the patients was 66,0 ± 2,3 years. Patients of two groups received standard drug therapy aimed at secondary prophylaxis. The patients under study from the main group additionally undertook a course of physical rehabilitation treatment within 21 days. Assessment of the condition of cognitive functions was carried out with the help of psychodiagnostic scales before the onset and after completion of treatment. The study showed that the use of a complex rehabilitation treatment, which includes drug therapy within the framework of secondary prophylaxis and course of physical rehabilitation can significantly affect the improvement of the state of moderately impaired cognitive functions in patients with a hemispheric ischemic stroke.