Advance in Executive Function for Post-stroke Patients (review) / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Executive dysfunction is common in stroke patients. Other than the classical assessment tools, there are performance-based assessments for post-stroke executive dysfunction. The related factors include age, infarct region and area, cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and smoking) and education level. In addition to traditional exercise and cognitive rehabilitation, non-invasive brain stimulation technology (transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation), virtual reality and antidepressant have been used more and more for post-stroke executive dysfunction.