1998 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 146-153
Frontal lobe dysfunction has been believed to be resistive to cognitive rehabilitation training. We introduced three main rehabilitation approaches ; the self-instructional procedure, a problem-solving training, and physical set-changing exercise to 6 patients of frontal lobe dysfunction.
They were trained with above-mentioned methods for 6 months. In the self-instructional procedure phase and the problem-solving training phase, psychologists guided and trained patients one hour per day twice a week. In the physical set-changing exercise phase, patients were advised to do exercise twice daily for 20 minutes at home, following a video tape. Each training phase lasted for 6 weeks.
After the 3 rehabilitation program, all patients revealed improvement in activities in the real life setting. The self-instructional procedure and problem-solving training proved to be effective in some executive function tests.
