A rehabilitation protocol for empowering spatial orientation in MCI. A pilot study

Erminia Gadler; Alessandra Grassi; Giuseppe Riva

doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-017-9-234

A rehabilitation protocol for empowering spatial orientation in MCI. A pilot study

Erminia Gadler, Alessandra Grassi, Giuseppe Riva

Fondazione Istituto Auxologico Italiano

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Abstract

Spatial navigation is among the first cognitive functions to be impaired in Alzheimer's disease [1] and deficit in this domain is detectable earlier in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment [2]. Since efficacy of cognitive training in persons with MCI was successfully assessed [3], we developed a multitasking training protocol using virtual environments for stimulating attention, perception and visuo-spatial cognition in order to empower spatial orientation in MCI. Two healthy elders were exposed to the training over a period of four weeks and both showed improved performances in attention and orientation after the end of the intervention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Pages	234-236
Number of pages	3
Volume	144
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-017-9-234
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Mild cognitive impairment
Spatial orientation
Virtual reality
Visuo-spatial cognition

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Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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