Tarefa de treino cognitivo através de um multibanco em pacientes com AVC e TCE

Abstract

Acquired brain injury (ABI) has consequences that affect patients' autonomy, particularly regarding activities of daily living (ADLs). To reduce the impact that these changes will have on the patient's life, it is important to develop diversified tasks so that their training and execution promotes the optimization of the compromised areas and the strengthening of those that are preserved. The use of virtual reality offers a different set of advantages to rehabilitation when compared to traditional methods, however, it is necessary to compare VR solutions with traditional solutions that are already validated or with real tasks, from which the first are drawn. This study comprises a sample of 100 participants of both sexes. Participants were divided into four groups: group 1 with ABI and virtual task; group 2 with ABI and real task; group 3 without ABI and virtual task; group 4 without ABI and real task. It is important to mention that each participant only performed one task, either in real or in the virtual and the tasks did not involve any monetary transaction (eg CP time consultation). It was expected that the performance between this task and its real counterpart would be similar. The results showed that the type of environment in which the task was performed had no influence on the task completion times which increases ecological validity of the task. They also showed an inverse relationship between the results of the MoCA and the FAB and the time to complete the task, that is, the participants with the lowest results took the longest. The present study contributed to research in the field of rehabilitation through a cognitive training exercise using a virtual ATM.

Date of Award	2022
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	PEDRO SANTOS PINTO GAMITO (Supervisor) & JORGE ALEXANDRE GASPAR OLIVEIRA (Supervisor)