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http://dx.doi.org/10.15268/ksim.2020.8.4.213

Does the Application Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Visual Perception Program Enhance the Visual Perception Function and ADL Performance of Dementia Patients  

Kim, Koun (Thejalam Sensory Integration Development Research Institut)
Kim, Bora (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Dongju University)
An, Taegyu (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Masan University)
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine / v.8, no.4, 2020 , pp. 213-221 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : This study aimed to evaluate the changes in visual perception and daily life activities after simultaneously applying the visual perception training program and transcranial DC stimulation. Particularly, this study tried to understand what changes in abilities among daily life activities influenced cognition. Methods : This study selected 50 dementia patients to achieve the objective. This study applied transcranial DC stimulation and a visual perception training program to a treatment group (n=25) and a visual perception training program to a control group (n=25). The intervention was applied five times per week and 30 minutes per session (total of 30 intervention sessions). This study measured visual perception functions and daily life activities using MVPT and FIM before and after applying the intervention. Results : The visual perception, mobility of daily life activities, cognition, and total score of the treatment group (n=25), which received the visual perception training program and transcranial DC at the same time, were significantly (p<.05) different between before and after the intervention. Moreover, when the visual perception and daily life activities of the treatment group and those of the control group after implementing the intervention were compared, they were significantly (p<.05) different between the two groups. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that the simultaneous application of the visual perception training program and transcranial DC stimulation was an effective means to enhance the visual perception and daily life activities of dementia patients. The results implied that transcranial DC stimulation, as well as the application of visual perception training program, as well as a visual perception training program, was effective for improving the visual perception functions and daily life activities dementia patients and simultaneous application of the two interventions would increase the effect even further.
Keywords
activity of daily Living; dementia; tDCS; visual perception training;
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