Résumé
Objectives:To study working memory deficit after stroke.Methods:118 patients with stroke di- agnosed by CT scans(study group)and 118 healthy people(control group)were collected from April to December in 2003.All objects were evaluated with Wechsler Memory Scale(WMS),Trail Making Test A and B,and Wisconsin Card Test(WSCT).Results:There were significant difference between the study group and control group in execu- tive function,attention function,visual recognition and visual recall;The study group had more error in Trail making Test B,A and executive error((?)?SE was 200.0?15.2,76.3?10.4,23.9?0.9)than control group(133.3?7.2, 24.2?1.6,9.9?0.5).Compared with control,patients with stroke of different locations had different deficits in work- ing memory:①for frontal stroke,the deficit manifested in executive function,digital span(P0.05).④for thalamic stroke,the deficit manifested in executive function,digital span,visual recognition and visual recall,(P