Spontaneous Recovery of Executive Function, Attention, and Processing Speed in Stroke Patients in Colombia.
Mickeal PughLaiene Olabarrieta-LandaAmilkar Calderón ChagualáPaul B PerrinJuan Carlos Arango-LasprillaPublished in: PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation (2020)
These data suggest extremely minor spontaneous recovery among individuals with stroke in Colombia relative to practice effects in controls, and that apparent improvements in executive functioning after stroke were likely just due to practice effects. These findings underscore the bleak outcomes in cognitive functioning after stroke that occur in regions without cognitive rehabilitation.