The study aimed: to evaluate the advantages of the long-term of cognitive rehabilitation on the evidence of cognitive and affective disorders in Parkinson disease in a specialized clinical diagnostic room. Material and methods. The study included 37 patients with Parkinson disease (PD) — the study group, who had the long-term cognitive rehabilitation on the background of a standard drug therapy, and 28 patients in the control group, who had received only standard drug therapy. Assessment of cognitive function was carried out by neurologists, who had a course of thematic advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with extrapyramidal disorders, and who are working in a specialized clinical diagnostic room for patients with movement disorders. Results. Our results show the effectiveness of the long-term cognitive rehabilitation of Parkinson disease in specialized clinical diagnostic rooms. Whether the optimal duration and frequency of trainings, the duration of the course of the rehabilitation program remains unclear.
Krivonos О.V., Smolentseva I.G., Amosova N.A., Karpova O.V. Преимущества организации длительной когнитивной реабилитации при болезни Паркинсона в специализированном клинико-диагностическом кабинете // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 9, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 917-922