Clinical Study

Efficacy of a Multimodal Cognitive Rehabilitation Including Psychomotor and Endurance Training in Parkinson's Disease

Table 1

Cognitive training.

Training sectionExamples for tasks

Planning strategiesShopping lists, key search of the BADS subscales, to get items out of a bottle, special wooden 3-dimensional jig saw
MnemonicsUsing memory hooks, writing of suitable mnemonics, and planning where to place them
Decision makingComputer tasks, painting
Set shiftingTo solve various tasks according to changing rules, to calculate for 5 min, then to read for 10 min and to write for 5 min, or to switch tasks after every third answer, categorising items according to different rules
CalculationCalculation tasks
Navigational skillsFinding the way through a maze on a screen, finding the way around obstacles on a paper or on a screen
Information speed processingConnecting numbers or letters, connecting figures to an image, and finding the meaning of a fictive word
SummaryExtracting the relevant information from news or from a story or a short movie
Concentration Finding similar or dissimilar items