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A Rehabilitation Protocol for Empowering Spatial Orientation in MCI. A pilot study

Erminia Gadler1*, A. Grassi1 and G. Riva2
  • 1 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
  • 2 Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy

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 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. 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 intervention.

Conference: Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009.

Presentation Type: Poster Presentation

Topic: Abstracts

Citation: Gadler E, Grassi A and Riva G (2009). A Rehabilitation Protocol for Empowering Spatial Orientation in MCI. A pilot study. Front. Neuroeng. Conference Abstract: Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.033

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Received: 19 Mar 2009; Published Online: 19 Mar 2009.

* Correspondence: Erminia Gadler, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy, erminia.gadler@fastwebnet.it