Defitech Chair of Clinical Neuroengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics (CNP) and Brain Mind Institute (BMI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) , Geneva, Switzerland.
Defitech Chair of Clinical Neuroengineering, Clinique Romande de Réadaptation, Center for Neuroprosthetics (CNP) and Brain Mind Institute (BMI, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL Valais) , Sion, Switzerland.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2020 Dec;20(12):1249-1261. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1820324. Epub 2020 Sep 30.
Cognitive impairments are one of the most common remaining symptoms after a stroke. The use of neurotechnologies to enhance cognitive performance is a rapidly emerging field with encouraging results.
Here, the authors empirically review the respective literature and critically discuss the technologies that are currently most often used for cognitive enhancement in stroke patients, which are computerized cognitive training, virtual reality, noninvasive brain stimulation and brain-computer interfaces. The authors describe their advantages/disadvantages and the challenges and limitations to overcome.
Although the current results are promising, more research is needed to be able to make conclusive statements and translate these approaches successfully in daily clinical life. Multidiscipline collaborations could aid to improve current neurotechnologies and provide guidelines for future implementations.
认知障碍是中风后最常见的遗留症状之一。使用神经技术来提高认知表现是一个快速发展的领域，其结果令人鼓舞。
在这里，作者从经验上回顾了各自的文献，并批判性地讨论了目前在中风患者中最常用于认知增强的技术，即计算机认知训练、虚拟现实、非侵入性脑刺激和脑机接口。作者描述了它们的优缺点，以及需要克服的挑战和限制。
尽管目前的结果很有希望，但需要进一步的研究，以便能够做出明确的结论，并成功地将这些方法转化为日常临床实践。多学科合作可以帮助改进现有的神经技术，并为未来的实施提供指导。
